The new leaders say they will make transparency one of the bases of public governance for the next five years.
The new Senegalese authorities are continuing their in-depth examination of the management of public resources by their predecessors. Accountability particularly concerns public finances and the State’s real estate assets. During Wednesday’s council of ministers, Ousmane Sonko gave directives to recover public land assets irregularly transferred to private individuals and to audit the financial management of Macky Sall’s second term.
For the Prime Minister, this action is part of the objective of “ reduce the state’s lifestyle “. He therefore asked the ministers concerned to take the necessary measures to “ recover the State’s land and building heritage transferred to private individuals in irregular conditions, while administrative services are obliged to rent premises “.
During this weekly government meeting, the former fierce opponent of President Macky Sall and leader of the Pastef party spoke of “ the review of public finances for the period from January 1, 2019 to March 31, 2024 », corresponding to the second term of the former head of state. This announcement is already starting to provoke reactions among those close to President Sall.
“ Sonko puts Macky through the scanner », headlined this Thursday the newspaper Le Quotidien by Madiambal Diagne, friend and close friend of Macky Sall. On the social network all the management regulation laws of the last five years have been adopted by the National Assembly “.
For the government, however, this action simply aims to allow the new leaders to leave on a clear basis, almost two months after the installation of Bassirou Diomaye Faye as fifth president of the Republic of Senegal.
Ousmane Sonko also explained to his collaborators that the same “ stagecoaches » should be undertaken for the “ re-examination of certain conventions, particularly in the mining, oil and fishing sectors “.
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