Supplementary Finance Bill Rejected by Committee: Mary Teuw Niane Accuses Sonko of Holding the Republic Hostage

After Senegal’s National Assembly Finance Committee rejected the supplementary finance bill, Mary Teuw Niane, chief of staff to President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, sharply criticized Ousmane Sonko in a Facebook post. He accused the majority leader of threatening to block votes on both the supplementary bill and the 2027 initial budget unless the government met his demands. Niane argued that Senegal should not be held to the ambitions of one person and called for the institutions, national stability, and continuity of the state to be protected.