Senegal’s parliament blocks budget key to $2.2 billion IMF deal
Senegal's National Assembly rejected a revised 2026 budget on Tuesday by 109 votes to 20. The vote threatens a planned IMF board vote on a $2.2 billion three-year programme as early as next month.
Senegal's parliament on Tuesday threw out proposed revisions to this year's budget. The bill is key to securing a new International Monetary Fund bailout, Africanews reported. Lawmakers from Ousmane Sonko's Pastef party, which holds a majority in the National Assembly, voted it down 109 to 20. Three MPs abstained. The vote prolongs a standoff over the country's fiscal plans. A week earlier, parliament had sent the bill back to the finance committee. According to Africanews, the deadlock could derail hopes of an IMF board vote on the $2.2 billion, three-year programme as early as next month. Semafor reported that the government's $13 billion plan cut public investment. The cut was meant to cover extra costs after high oil prices made energy subsidies more expensive. Pastef argued that households and essential public services would carry too much of the burden. The IMF…
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