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Senegal's 2025 Budget Approved by Parliament Without Debate
Senegal's 2025 Budget Approved by Parliament Without Debate
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The $10.2 billion budget approval reportedly comes amid an ongoing audit revealing Senegal's debt is higher than previously reported, exceeding 80% of GDP, and... 29.12.2024, Sputnik Africa
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Senegal's Plenary Session Initial Financing Bill, the budget project for 2025, was approved by the National Assembly of Senegal without debate, after the country's prime minister Ousmane Sonko held the government responsible before the parliament for the vote on a draft finance bill, using a constitutional provision, the National Assembly of Senegal said in a statement on Saturday.Article 86 of the Senegalese constitution enables the prime minister to be responsible before the National Assembly for the vote in the absence of a motion of censure tabled within 24 hours. The bill was passed after Senegal's prime minister tabled a vote of confidence in his government, the statement added. In Friday's general policy statement, the prime minister pledged to cut Senegal's budget deficit to 3% by 2027, and to reduce public debt from 80% of GDP last year to below 70% by 2029.
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Senegal's 2025 Budget Approved by Parliament Without Debate
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The $10.2 billion budget approval reportedly comes amid an ongoing audit revealing Senegal's debt is higher than previously reported, exceeding 80% of GDP, and a budget deficit nearly double the official figures for 2019-2023.
Senegal's Plenary Session Initial Financing Bill, the
budget project for 2025, was approved by the National Assembly of Senegal without debate, after the country's prime minister Ousmane Sonko held the government responsible before the parliament for the vote on a draft finance bill, using a constitutional provision, the National Assembly of Senegal said in a statement on Saturday.
"On Saturday, December 28, 2024, the National Assembly [Senegal's parliament] considered and passed the Plenary Session Initial Financing Bill 2025 without debate, in accordance with Article 86(6) of the constitution," the statement read.
Article 86 of the Senegalese constitution enables the prime minister to be responsible before the National Assembly for the vote in the absence of a motion of censure tabled within 24 hours.
The bill was passed after Senegal's prime minister tabled a vote of confidence in his
government, the statement added.
"In accordance with Article 86(6) of the constitution and after deliberations in the Council of Ministers on December 18, 2024, I have decided to take over the government's responsibility to the National Assembly to vote on this Financing Bill," said the letter by Sonko read out to lawmakers.
In Friday's general policy statement, the prime minister
pledged to cut Senegal's budget deficit to 3% by 2027, and to reduce public debt from 80% of GDP last year to below 70% by 2029.
