National Assembly: Ousmane Sonko makes accountability an obligation to the people

During the opening of the single session of the National Assembly, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko emphasized the obligation of public officials to be accountable for their management, stating that accountability is a fundamental principle of public governance. He stressed that the debt owed to the people is to explain their actions, and that no government can renegotiate this obligation. Sonko referenced Article 15 of the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, highlighting that society has the right to demand accountability from public officials, while also emphasizing that transparency must respect privacy and presumption of innocence, and should be intelligible and not expose unnecessary information.