Allies Given Comfortable Posts: Amadou Ba Launches Offensive Against President Bassirou Diomaye Faye

Pastef MP Amadou Ba accuses the government of abandoning a finalized plan to merge or eliminate public agencies in order to give posts to political defectors and allow agency heads to build political bases. He says the reform could have reduced spending, addressed overlapping mandates and improved administrative efficiency. Ba calls the decision another broken commitment at a time when Senegalese citizens are being asked to make budgetary sacrifices, arguing that the state must also contribute to the adjustment effort. He had earlier criticized the dismissal of 87 directors general and board presidents as a retreat from efforts to streamline the state.