Dakar, Dec 23 (APS) – Monday's delivery of the daily press deals with subjects linked, for the most part, to the economic situation in Senegal.
The newspaper Le Quotidien, speaking about the budget session at the National Assembly, reports that the deputies ''only had ninety-six hours to approve the budgets of 25 ministries…''
''Towards a vote without debate'', headlines Le Quotidien, according to which, after the work of the parliamentary committees, the deputies should begin the plenary sessions with a view to adopting the budget, probably ''without debate''.
Le Quotidien explains that the Prime Minister's general policy declaration scheduled for December 27 ''was inserted into the agenda [parlementaire]which found itself very overloaded. Given the very short deadlines, article 86 of the Constitution should be invoked for a vote without debate on the state budget.
''It's scary for households'', writes WalfQuotidien on this subject, which reports an increase in debt service, emphasizing that the year 2025 ''risks being hot for the Senegalese''.
Senegal's macroeconomic framework 'does not allow any economic development'
''And for good reason, in the opinion of economists, the 'dizzying increase' in debt service will push the State to reduce spending and stop subsidies,'' says WalfQuotidien, referring to ''an increase in taxes and a deterioration of economic and social living conditions.
The economist Ndongo Samba Sylla calls into question the economic system as a whole by affirming, in the daily L'As, that the macroeconomic framework in which Senegal operates ''does not allow any economic development''.
Mr. Sylla, a specialist in development economics, known for his activism in favor of monetary sovereignty, ''clearly thinks that the entire macroeconomic system of Senegal must be 'split up'', writes L'As.
Tribune notes that the building and public works sector finds itself in a ''worrying situation'', ''in agony''. The newspaper links this situation to ''the suspension of land operations'', a measure taken by the new authorities.
To put an end to subjects relating to the economy, the daily EnQuête maintains that the Dakar Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture is ''under high tension'', due to litigation initiated in 2010.
The Chamber of Agriculture, ''which was preparing to vote its 2025 budget this week, must face several legal-administrative fronts opened by Serigne Mboup and his friends, who contest the legitimacy of its president, Abdoulaye Sow, by putting on the table a court decision that they have been struggling to implement since 2012''.
''Private schools are bleeding parents''
Libération opens its edition on ''a financial and environmental scandal'' linked to the exploitation of zircon in Senegal. Grande Côte Opérations, a subsidiary of the French company Eramet, which is responsible for the exploitation of this ore, ''has never paid any profits to the State which holds 10% of the capital,'' reports the newspaper.
Concerning the other subjects covered by the newspapers, Le Soleil devotes its front page to self-medication, a ''high risk'' practice, Sud Quotidien being primarily interested in the high cost of services offered by private schools, which '' parents bleed.
''Exorbitant' registration and tuition fees, contributions to parties, kindergarten studies more expensive than university studies… Parents of students cry out from the heart in the face of what they describe as school business private'', summarizes Sud Quotidien.
According to the daily L'Observateur, General Moussa Fall, former senior commander of the National Gendarmerie, is ''under threat of arrest'', after a double complaint filed against him before the public prosecutor.
He is the subject of “terrible accusations” (kidnapping, harassment and torture) by gendarmerie officer Ibrahima Dramé, a former commander of the second squadron of the presidential guard.
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