What will change if Al Aminou Lô puts the government's responsibility to a vote today

Senegal’s 2026 supplementary finance bill could be adopted without a regular vote in the National Assembly if Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô invokes Article 86, paragraph 6, of the Constitution to stake his government’s responsibility. Former minister and lawmaker Babacar Gaye recommends the move amid the risk that Pastef deputies will reject the bill. Once the procedure is triggered, lawmakers would have 24 hours to file a no-confidence motion, whose adoption would bring down the government. Gaye says instructions issued by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye at the October 28, 2026 Council of Ministers already provide sufficient grounds for the move.