Senegal To Summon Ex-president Sall To Court – The Standard Newspaper

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Former Senegalese President Macky Sall has rejected allegations of financial mismanagement under his administration, dismissing them as “ridiculous” and a politically motivated attack by Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko. In an interview with Jeune Afrique, Sall insisted that his government had operated with full transparency and accountability. “These allegations of falsification are nothing more than a political trial against me,” the former head o…

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Alioune Tine, founder of the AfrikaJom Center, insists on the need to draw the consequences of this report. In his view, it is essential to achieve a national consensus on the need to punish economic crimes and bring their perpetrators to justice. [...]

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Senegal To Summon Ex-president Sall To Court – The Standard Newspaper

A Senegalese government spokesman on Friday said Senegal will summon former president Macky Sall to court after the country’s audit office unveiled irregularities in the treasury’s bookkeeping on his watch. The ex-president is being accused of having presided over a catastrophic mismanagement of the public purse after an independent report invalidated official figures under his stewardship, revising both debt and the public deficit sharply upwar…

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The latest report of the Court of Auditors continues to provoke strong reactions among Senegalese public opinion. The findings of this survey highlight financial dysfunctions of an unprecedented magnitude under the presidency of Macky Sall, revealing massive misappropriations and numerous budgetary irregularities. Faced with these revelations, civil society actors express their outrage and call for strong measures. Invited by the program Objecti…