Sonko denounces Senegalese government’s alignment with IMF
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Fraternité Matin
Senegalese National Assembly president Ousmane Sonko criticised the agreement reached with the International Monetary Fund on 19 October and warned against the government aligning itself with IMF demands. His remarks came ahead of parliamentary consideration of the finance bill, according to Fraternité Matin, which presents them as a new episode in his stand-off with President Bassirou Diomaye Faye.
Senegalese National Assembly president Ousmane Sonko denounced the government’s alignment with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 19 October 2026, at a press conference, Fraternité Matin reports. The former prime minister called on head of government Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô to return to the line of Pastef, Sonko’s party.
The position could reignite the stand-off between Ousmane Sonko and President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. It comes as the 2026 supplementary budget is being discussed in Senegal, after Sonko secured the possibility of slowing its examination, according to our article on the supplementary budget.
Updated 20 October 2026: Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has threatened to block examination of the 2027 budget unless the government holds “frank and sincere” discussions with the National Assembly. Read: Ousmane Sonko threatens to block Senegal’s 2027 budget.
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