2026 Amending Finance Bill: Fadilou Keïta urges Diomaye Faye to reshuffle government and bring Pastef back into power

As tensions between the executive and the parliamentary majority grow over the 2026 amending finance bill, Fadilou Keïta has urged President Bassirou Diomaye Faye to reshuffle the government and bring Pastef back into it. The former head of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations denounced what he called the government’s “de-Pastefisation” and the “de-Sonkoisation” of priority projects, which he says are central to the budget dispute. He argued that the political legitimacy behind the project that won power belongs to Ousmane Sonko and called for a political solution instead of prolonging the institutional standoff.