Another setback at the Constitutional Council: the mistakes made by the Pastef camp

Senegal’s Constitutional Council invalidated on October 15 Organic Law No. 38/2026, which amended the law governing finance bills and was adopted by the National Assembly on October 1. The Council found that the Assembly violated Article 82(4) by voting separately on and rejecting two government amendments, rather than holding the single vote requested by the justice minister. The same rule had led to the annulment of a constitutional revision backed by the Pastef majority on July 9. The latest ruling comes as the budget session opens and raises the question of whether lawmakers will reintroduce the text in line with procedure.