Emprunt « opaque » de 650 millions d’euros : TAS demande des comptes au ministre des Finances
The atmosphere promises to be tense this Tuesday in the Finance Committee of the National Assembly. While members of parliament are scheduled to examine a resolution supporting the government's debt restructuring strategy, a shockwave from London has disrupted the agenda.
According to an investigation published on March 23 by the British daily "Financial Times", Senegal allegedly "secretly" contracted loans amounting to 650 million euros from international institutions.
According to the Times, these funds were mobilized through Total Return Swaps with the Africa Finance Corporation and First Abu Dhabi Bank, and were allegedly used to avert an imminent default. This occurred without Parliament or other partners (IMF and others) being duly informed.
Reacting to this burning issue which raises fundamental questions about financial governance and transparency, independent MP Thierno Alassane Sall denounces opaque practices which are strikingly similar to those which the current regime itself recently described as "hidden debt" under Macky Sall's leadership.
In a post on the social network X, the president of the political party République des Valeurs wrote: “This information comes on the eve of a meeting between the Finance Committee of the National Assembly and the Minister of Finance and Budget. The agenda of this committee speaks volumes about the serious concerns regarding the state of Senegal's public finances. It is, in fact, a matter of voting on a resolution supporting the government in its refusal to restructure the debt. Even if it means resorting to underhanded, unsavory tactics?”
Demanding an immediate accounting, the opposition member of parliament is urging his fellow MPs not to give the government carte blanche, as it must explain itself on this matter.
"It is the duty of MPs to obtain information from the Minister of Finance on these operations undertaken in the greatest opacity, instead of signing a blank check to the government," he says.
For TAS, "unless it betrays its obligations to the people, the National Assembly must ensure, in complete independence, that the remedies deployed by the government to deal with the debt will not have adverse consequences in the short or medium term."
In a statement sent to the press, the ministry clarifies that the resources mentioned in the article are raised on the regional market through public auctions of government securities. These operations, it emphasizes, comply with applicable transparency rules and are regularly published.
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