Cheikh Diba’s major snub to the Assembly’s Finance Committee

Finance and Budget Minister Cheikh Diba and his team failed to attend a meeting of the Assembly’s Finance and Budgetary Control Committee on the 2027 draft initial finance bill. They said the statutory 48-hour notice period had not been met and considered the summons irregular. Lawmakers who had gathered for the session were told it would be postponed until Saturday. The incident comes amid tensions between the government and the parliamentary majority following the rejection of the 2026 supplementary finance bill and controversy over a request to withdraw the 2027 budget proposal.