In Senegal, a reconstituted power more favorable to the IMF?

A major institutional remodeling. Between May 22, the date of the dismissal of Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, and May 26, date of the election to the perch of the National Assembly of Sonko, passing through the appointment of the new head of government, Ahmadou Alhaminou Mohamed Lô, on May 25, the Senegal lived “a political sequence of unprecedented speed†, écrit The Daily. The Dakar media also notes a shift in “center of gravité†of power.

And now? Can this recomposition influence decision-making in the face of the financial and economic crisis? “Senegal is on the edge of the financial precipice…recalled in a column published by Young Africa, and cited by Sénéplus, economist Abdoulaye Ndiaye. A public debt of 132% of GDP, debt service repayments becoming more uncertain with the additional cost of energy expenditure generated by the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz… The situation continues to get worse.

While the restructuring of the economy advocated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has hitherto encountered opposition, at least, from the party of African Patriots of Senegal for work, ethics and fraternity (Pastef), the Senegalese press sees in the appointment by Ahmadou A