The leader of the Republic of Values (RV), immediately indexes the “inconsistencies”. “Without taking into account the numerous mistakes, here are some other signs revealing the gaps and inconsistencies of the famous Agenda 2050. 1/ Monetary sovereignty: a major strategic omission – How to transform a country without addressing the question of monetary sovereignty? The ruling party had nevertheless insisted that this reform was essential to development The total absence of mention of this issue shows a denial of their promises and betrays a lack of strategic coherence in this vision of transformation 2/ National pact: the co-contractors ignored. The Agenda presents itself as based on a national pact, but no real consultation has taken place with the active forces. Neither civil society nor the private sector have been consulted. However, the government is expecting 5,700 billion CFA francs. of this sector to finance its five-year plan Ignoring its economic partners reflects, at the very least, a worrying shortcoming 3/ Growth: limited ambitions – the 2050 Agenda foresees an average growth rate of 6.5 to 7%. . Yet history shows that only nations reaching double-digit rates have been able to truly transform. With these timid projections, Senegal risks reproducing the same failures as in the past. 4/ Energy prices: a lost race against time – The plan promises to bring the price of electricity below 60 CFA francs/kWh by 2050. But wait 25 years to reach a price close to that practiced today in Ivory Coast (87 CFA francs/kWh) is proof of inertia. How can we talk about competitiveness with such slow reform? 5/ Culture: the forgotten symbolic element – transforming a society in 25 years without integrating culture and heritage is a fundamental error. A vision of sustainable development requires valuing cultural identity. This agenda, purely technocratic, seems disconnected from social realities and the deep aspirations of the Senegalese.
6/ Territorial security: denial in the face of threats in the Sahel – in the heart of a security crisis in the Sahel, the 2050 Agenda remains silent on questions of territorial sovereignty and border defense. A few months ago, our government played the role of saviors of the Sahel, promising to reintegrate the AES countries into ECOWAS. Today, radio silence. The lack of a clear strategy exposes the country to serious geopolitical vulnerabilities. Without an answer to these issues, this plan is not only incomplete, but dangerously unrealistic. 7/ The present in all this? – currently, does the Agenda presented take care of emergencies? The answer is no. Have the authorities proposed solutions to relieve the suffering of the Senegalese? The answer is no. Diomaye and Sonko did not say how they were going to get the country out of the current difficulties. They’re meeting soon, that’s called demagoguery.”
“In the end, what was supposed to be an ambitious vision for the future of Senegal turns out to be a catalog of wishful thinking. The mountain has given birth to a mouse. The Senegalese people deserve much more than an agenda without a sheet of paper. road nor serious content”, he concluded.
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