National Assembly postpones Prime Minister's general policy statement

The National Assembly announced that deputies are convened for a plenary session on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at 10 AM, for the opening of the second extraordinary session of 2026. Earlier, the Assembly noted that the Prime Minister had informed the President of the National Assembly of his availability to deliver his statement on September 1, 2026, starting at 9 AM. Subsequently, the President of the Republic, via decree no. 2026-1530 on August 25, 2026, convened the National Assembly for an extraordinary session starting September 1, 2026, at 10 AM, with the General Policy Statement as the sole agenda item, but without specifying an exact date for the statement itself.

The Bureau of the National Assembly stated that this process created "confusion regarding the approach, competencies, and even the proposed time." The institution highlighted that, according to Article 109 of organic law no. 2025-11 of August 18, 2025, on the internal rules of the National Assembly, the Assembly must be informed at least eight days before the chosen date. This formality, the Assembly noted, "falls to the President of the Republic and not the Prime Minister."

The National Assembly believes that, contrary to legal provisions and institutional practice, no date was proposed by the President of the Republic for the General Policy Statement. The eight-day notice period, it emphasized, mu