The President of the National Assembly, Ousmane Sonko, announced yesterday that seven bills submitted by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye would not be included in the agenda of the first extraordinary session. This decision was made public during the opening of the session, which was convened following the Bureau’s call on August 6.
Among the rejected proposals were bills aimed at ratifying international agreements, including the Marrakech Treaty to improve access to published works for visually impaired individuals, amendments to the International Civil Aviation Convention, a military cooperation agreement with the Republic of Congo, and multiple extradition and judicial cooperation treaties with the United Arab Emirates and Italy.
Agenda set for other legislative priorities
While the presidential initiatives were set aside, the National Assembly’s Bureau included three government bills and two private member’s bills in the extraordinary session’s agenda. These focus on critical national issues such as the Labor Code, Social Security Code, and measures to protect critical information infrastructure and digital security.
Constitutional reform and financial oversight on the table
Deputies will also review two high-priority proposals over the next fifteen days. One seeks to amend Article 37 of the Constitution to strengthen presidential asset declarations, while the other addresses the legal framework for special credits. Both will be examined under an urgent procedure at the request of their sponsors.
The session will further scrutinize six parliamentary commission proposals investigating alleged mismanagement in land governance, state property sales, financial mechanisms like Total Return Swaps, irregularities in the “One Student, One Laptop” program, tax revenue losses, and fishing license issuance conditions.