Assembly: Revelations on these new bills on Ousmane Sonko's table

Author: senenews.comPublished on: July 15, 2026Country: Senegal

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Assembly: Revelations on these new bills on Ousmane Sonko's table

The National Assembly of Senegal, led by President Ousmane Sonko, is preparing an extraordinary session with several key bills. These include an agro-sylvo-pastoral and fisheries orientation law, a modification of the Code of Criminal Procedure, a law on defense industrial and technological base, and the sale of the state's stake in the Regional Market Bank. Modernization of identification documents is also on the agenda.

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