Dakar, Apr 28 (APS) – Several newspapers received by APS on Thursday highlighted the Cash transfer of 43 billion CFA francs, announced to relieve 542,956 households, the Sukuk (Islamic bond) of an amount of 330 billion CFA issued by Senegal and issues related to politics.
The President of the Republic, Macky Sall, in the Council of Ministers, Wednesday, recalled that the 542,956 households currently listed on the Single National Register (RNU) will receive from the State, a Cash transfer of an amount total of 43 billion CFA francs.
”Exceptional cash transfer: 43 billion FCFA to 542,956 households”, posted on its front page Le Soleil, specifying that ”the envelope is intended for households listed in the Single National Register” and that ”the operation will be launched on May 10, at a ceremony chaired by the Head of State, Macky Sall”.
It is an “unprecedented solidarity operation”, notes Vox Populi, stressing that “Macky Sall will distribute 43 billion … to 542,956 households in the single national register”, on May 10 “in the presence of the living forces of the nation”.
”Cash transfer of 43 billion CFA francs: Macky Sall to the rescue of 542,956 households”, according to Kritik.
”With the effective establishment of the RNU, a steering instrument to consolidate the comprehensiveness, credibility and transparency of the national solidarity system, on allocations of family security grants, but also on the targeting of priorities, the State will carry out a cash transfer operation to relieve 542,956 households”, writes the publication.
Senegal raises FCfa 330 billion in Sukuk
Other newspapers largely returned to the Sukuk of an amount of 330 billion CFA issued by Senegal on the West African money market (UMOA).
Through the State Built Heritage Management and Exploitation Company (SOGEPA), Senegal proceeded last Tuesday to the mobilization of the first debenture loan (Sukuk) issued within the WAMU, in accordance with the principles of Islamic finance.
”Financial market: Senegal raises its first +Soukouk+”, according to Le Witness, specifying that this sum ”will be used to take shares in the port of Ndayane and the toll highway”.
Still on finance, L’As goes back to the “beautiful harvest” of the Minister of the Budget at the General Assemblies of the IMF and the World Bank.
Senegal obtains an increase of more than 73 billion in budget support, according to L’As not without raising the “Sukuk record” of 300 billion CFA francs in the WAMU.
About the Sukuk, the newspaper Les Echos considers that it is ”the biggest operation in the history of the sub-regional financial market. The Sukuk, by repurchase of the leasing contracts, allows the State to pass from simple tenant to owner of the Ministerial Spheres of Diamniadio”.
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Legislative elections of July 31, 2022
Other publications have focused on politics, in particular the legislative elections scheduled for July 31, 2022.
L’Info was interested in the strategy of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) of the former President of the Republic, Abdoulaye Wade, and title: ” Legislative, return of Karim, reconquest of power: The PDS takes up arms against Macky”.
The publication informs that the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) officially installed its campaign board yesterday. “A team led by Lamine Thiam, as campaign director”, informs L’Info.
The newspaper explains that ”for the mayor of Kébémer, these games of 2022 constitute an important intermediate stage in the context of the reconquest of power, hence the need for them to mesh the maximum number of deputies”.
WalQuotidien is interested in collecting sponsorships and displays on the front page ”Benno and the blocking strategy”.
”The presidential majority is looking for more than the requested number of sponsors for the legislative elections. The will of the power, through this posture, is to dry up the electoral potential to prevent parallel lists on the one hand, and on the other hand, to hinder the access to the National Assembly of small political parties representing important currents of opinion”, explains Walf.
L’Observateur notes that ”Macky Sall is engaging in the legislative battle”. The newspaper reports that coalition leader Bennoo Bokk Yaakaar called a meeting at the Palace today with his political envoys.
Sud Quotidien addresses the presidential election of 2024 and makes this observation: ”When Macky confuses all tracks”.
“Less than two years from the next presidential election in February 2024, total mystery surrounds the profile of the candidates for this election. Indeed, for having imposed on his supporters a total silence on the question of his 3rd term and holding the sword of Damocles of Justice over the heads of certain opponents, the current Head of State today seems to be the only master of the agenda of its elections”, indicates Sud.
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