Senegal: scrutiny of the revised 2026 budget

This dossier follows scrutiny of Senegal’s revised 2026 budget, disagreements between government and lawmakers and the steps towards adoption.

Last updated : 30 October 20262 key moments

Dakar in a 2013 archive view. Geographic illustration; it does not show the parliamentary meeting. Arensond, CC0. — Arensond / Ypsilon from Finland — CC0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ — version de 2013, sans modification supplémentaire

Where things stand

As of 30 October 2026, Pastef reports another committee rejection of the revised budget. Disagreement with the government persists; neither plenary adoption nor a release of financing has been established.

30 October 2026Reported information

Senegal: revised budget rejected again in committee

Senegal’s National Assembly finance committee again rejected the revised budget bill on 30 October 2026, according to a Pastef parliamentary group statement reported by SenePlus.

Dakar in a 2013 archive view. Geographic illustration; it does not show the parliamentary meeting. Arensond, CC0. — Arensond / Ypsilon from Finland — CC0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ — version de 2013, sans modification supplémentaire

The group’s lawmakers consider the government’s answers inadequate and say the bill has not been amended. Their concerns cover debt, purchasing power, public investment and access to budget documents.

The refusal follows the government’s request to send the bill back to committee. It extends the parliamentary deadlock; it is not a final rejection by the full assembly.

On 29 October, the IMF had stressed that a budget preserving the negotiated parameters was necessary for the proposed programme to proceed. The new vote does not establish any release of funding.

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27 October 2026Confirmed

Senegal sends revised budget back to committee

Senegal’s National Assembly referred the revised budget bill back to its finance committee on 27 October 2026 at the government’s request. The executive seeks further talks after the committee initially rejected the text.

Archive view of Dakar, 2013 version. Geographic illustration; the parliamentary sitting is not shown. Arensond, CC0. — Arensond / Ypsilon from Finland — CC0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ — version de 2013, sans modification supplémentaire

Finance Minister Cheikh Diba requested additional discussions to narrow differences. Assembly President Ousmane Sonko accepted the referral and called the conference of presidents to set the next parliamentary timetable, APS reported.

Reuters notes that the bill matters for efforts to secure a new International Monetary Fund programme. The proposal lowers the forecast for real growth in 2026 to 2.7%, from roughly 5%, and raises the projected deficit to 7.6% of GDP, from 5.4%.

The referral extends parliamentary scrutiny. It amounts neither to adoption of the budget nor to an agreement with the IMF.

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