Yoro Dia links fall in Senegalese bonds to Sonko’s remarks
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
Yoro Dia, a former Senegalese minister-adviser, blamed Ousmane Sonko for the fall in Senegalese bonds after his remarks on the 2026 supplementary finance bill. In a post on X, he called the prime minister « Demolition Man » and said financial turmoil would only temporarily slow the country’s development, Seneweb reports.
Senegal’s sovereign bonds fell after Ousmane Sonko’s remarks on the 2026 supplementary finance bill, Yoro Dia, a former minister-adviser and head of communications at the presidency under Macky Sall, wrote on social media platform X on Tuesday 20 October 2026. He accused the leader of the PASTEF party of being « consistent in his war against Senegal » and nicknamed him « Demolition Man ».
Yoro Dia said the turmoil in financial markets would only temporarily slow the country down. « He may win battles but he will lose the war. He may slow the march towards emergence but he cannot stop it. Senegal’s greatness is a determinism », he wrote, according to Seneweb.
His comments followed several reactions to the possibility that Ousmane Sonko could block the 2026 supplementary budget. On 19 October, Aldiouma Sow accused Sonko of blocking the supplementary budget, while Doudou Wade recalled the rules for adopting the bill on 20 October.
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