Aldiouma Sow attributes Senegal's economic difficulties to Ousmane Sonko
Aldiouma Sow has directly criticized Ousmane Sonko, assigning him responsibility for Senegal's current economic and financial challenges. Sow specifically points to the handling of the Rectifying Finance Law, debt management, and tensions between the executive and the National Assembly. According to Sow, Sonko is accountable for delays in salary payments for some agents and the degradation of Senegal's sovereign rating. He accuses Sonko of blocking government initiatives and prioritizing political strategy, particularly regarding the delay in examining the Rectifying Finance Law, which would have provided necessary resources for timely salary payments in public and parapublic administrations. Sow also links the political management of debt inherited from the previous regime to the sovereign rating downgrade. He criticizes Sonko for politicizing this debt and the parliamentary majority for using the National Assembly as a tool for political vengeance. Sow believes this situation creates doubt among lenders and prompts rating agencies to downgrade the country's rating, potentially discouraging investors. He describes Sonko as a "saboteur adept at chauvinism in politics" and calls for the political quarantine of his ideas and "messianic faction" to safeguard Senegal's progress, stability, and future.
