Dakar, July 2 (APS) – The daily newspapers received Tuesday by the Senegalese Press Agency (APS) highlight the steps taken by the deputies of the Benno Bokk Yaakar coalition, in their standoff with the government, to prevent the dissolution of the National Assembly and the difficulties of certain Senegalese companies faced with tax pressure and competition from multinationals.
”As announced during their press conference last week, the deputies of the Benno Bokk Yaakar coalition, currently in the majority in the National Assembly, will undertake steps to amend Article 87 of the Constitution. Abdou Mbow and Co. are determined to remove from the President of the Republic, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, his power to dissolve parliament,” reports Les Echos, which headlines ”Benno’s deputies fully committed to their project”, the publication’s title.
The newspaper announces that “the bill is being drafted and an extraordinary session is planned for its examination.”
L’AS reports that “more than 100 deputies are in favor of the initiative.” According to the newspaper; “the announcement by the chairman of the parliamentary group Benno Bokk Yaakar to introduce a bill to prevent the President of the Republic from dissolving the National Assembly is not just a simple announcement effect.” “The idea is making its way through the chamber. According to information, more than 100 deputies have expressed interest in passing the proposal,” the publication writes.
The government and the National Assembly are in conflict after Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko demanded the modification of the internal regulations of the parliamentary institution before making his general policy statement to the deputies. In response, the Bureau of the National Assembly cancelled, on Saturday, the holding of the Budget Orientation Debate.
According to L’As, “the standoff between the Prime Minister and the National Assembly will soon come to an end. Indeed, according to well-informed sources within the parliamentary institution, President Amadou Mame Diop has spoken with the various parliamentary groups to overcome the crisis.”
Source A gives the floor to constitutionalist Mawa Ndiaye to shed light on this project to remove the power of dissolution of the National Assembly by the executive. ”According to the constitutionalist, the deputies certainly have the power to propose a law and adopt it, but for its application, the intervention of the President of the Republic is required, who must proceed with its promulgation. However, the latter has the possibility of not promulgating this law,” reports the publication.
He adds in the columns of the same newspaper: ”The head of state is obliged to justify his refusal of the law, the Constitution gives him a period of six days to refer the matter to the Constitutional Council. And at the end of these constitutional periods, promulgation is a right, it is provided for by the president of the National Assembly”.
Other daily newspapers have highlighted the difficulties of the business world in Senegal.
EnQuête notes that after “the Grands Moulins de Dakar bought for hundreds of millions of euros by the Americans from Seabord, Patisen bought for tens of millions of euros by the Moroccan Al Mada, Avisen bought by Olam, it is the turn of Sedima to suffer the assault of multinationals which, from Senegal, are targeting the ECOWAS market.”
Regarding “companies in difficulty”, L’Observateur, which spoke with the president of the National Confederation of Employers of Senegal, Adama Lam, displays on the front page: “The extent of the problem”, Mr. Lam addresses, among other things, the difficult situation that Senegalese companies are going through, the tax pressure, and job losses.
Le Soleil is interested in the difficulties of the Niayes mango sector during the rainy season. “Since the rain favors the hatching of mango flies, the players are multiplying themselves to export as many as possible in order to avoid any interception. As of June 28, 3,500 tons have already been exported,” writes the national daily, which headlines “2024 Niayes mango export campaign: exporters’ race against time.”
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