Situation critique des finances publiques : ADHA réclame la suppression des fonds communs et des caisses opaques
The NGO Action for Human Rights and Friendship (ADHA) has just issued an uncompromising indictment. In a press release sent to our newsroom, the organization calls for radical measures to address the critical state of public finances.
For the human rights organization, maintaining certain financial mechanisms is no longer aligned with the realities on the ground. Senegal is going through a turbulent period with the debt crisis and its corollaries: a transport crisis, uncertainty about the future of universities, and a volatile social climate (strikes in the health and education sectors, among others).
“Action for Human Rights and Friendship (ADHA), faithful to its mission of defending human rights, promoting good governance and social equity, expresses its deep concern about the maintenance of opaque financial mechanisms and redundant institutional structures, out of step with the constitutional principles of equality, transparency and good management of public resources in Senegal,” ADHA emphasizes in its statement.
Reminding the current regime of its "commitments to a break with the past" and "rigor in the management of public finances," ADHA solemnly calls for strong structural measures, the first of which is: "the elimination of common funds and opaque funds."
According to the organization, these "opaque privileges" (common funds, editor's note) allocated to certain groups of civil servants, as well as the special funds or discretionary funds allocated to certain high-ranking institutions, notably the Presidency of the National Assembly or any other public entity, are contrary to the principles of fairness and transparency. Therefore, they must be abolished.
"These mechanisms, inherited from old practices, constitute excessive privileges, are not very transparent and are difficult to justify in light of the requirements of good governance. They undermine the principle of equality before public burdens and must be abolished in strict compliance with constitutional provisions," the NGO insists.
As a reminder, faced with the "extremely difficult" financial situation inherited from the previous regime and exacerbated by the conflict in the Middle East, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko announced last week drastic measures in April 2026, including the suspension of "non-essential" travel abroad by members of the government.
Senegal faces a high debt of approximately 130% of its GDP. The country narrowly avoided default by repaying about $471 million (270 billion CFA francs) of external debt before the March 13, 2026 deadline.
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