Senegal: Prime Minister Amadou Ba before a divided Assembly

Amadou Ba, here in February 2020 in Dakar.

(Illustrative photo) AP - Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

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Amadou Ba made his big oral, this Monday, December 12, in front of the deputies.

During his general policy statement, the Senegalese Prime Minister defended the results of President Macky Sall and developed the priorities for the rest of the mandate.

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With our correspondent in Dakar,

The traditional declaration of general policy lasted two hours and thirty minutes in front of an almost full hemicycle.

Previously, Amadou Ba first unfolded the balance sheet of President Macky Sall and his government, emphasizing priorities such as the fight against the high cost of living and floods as well as the fight for employment, sovereignty and growth. .

He also recalled the president's flagship measures such as improving electrification or lowering the price of certain basic products.

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 He also looked at the government's prospects with, for example, the exploitation of oil and gas resources which will begin in 2023.

Amadou Ba, who is the fourth Prime Minister in the history of Senegal, spoke in a tense political context since, for the first time in its history, the presidential movement no longer has an absolute majority.

The return to parliament in September was marked by fights and insults.

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Amadou Ba concluded with a call for calm: “ 

 The declaration was followed by a debate of the deputies which lasted three hours.

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