Ousmane Sonko’s unpublicized political funds demand during primature tenure
In a stunning disclosure, Minister Abdourahmane Diouf has exposed that Ousmane Sonko requested additional political funds after depleting his allocated budget during his time at the Primature, raising serious questions about financial transparency in Senegalese politics.
The ongoing verbal sparring between the Pastef movement and Kiiraay continues unabated. Without an impartial referee to call a halt to the exchanges, both sides keep unleashing fresh claims, each presenting its version of events as undisputed truth.
In the latest development, Abdourahmane Diouf, Senegal’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy, made waves during an RS1 broadcast hosted by Migui Marième Ndiaye. He revisited the controversial issue of the 1.77 billion CFA francs in political funds held by Ousmane Sonko during his tenure at the Primature. But Diouf didn’t stop at merely restating established facts.
Unexplained financial maneuvering emerged as Diouf revealed that after exhausting the allocated political funds, Sonko allegedly sought an additional budget injection. Yet critical details remain shrouded in mystery: Was the request ever approved? And perhaps more importantly, where did this sensitive information originate? If confirmed, it could only have come from the highest echelons of power—the President of the Republic or the Minister of Budget.