Senegal has announced it will summon former president Macky Sall to court following revelations of discrepancies in the country’s treasury records during his tenure.
The audit office’s findings have raised concerns about significant mismanagement of public funds under Sall’s leadership.
Sall, who governed Senegal from 2012 to 2024, is accused of overseeing a catastrophic mishandling of the nation’s finances after an independent audit report invalidated official figures, revising both the national debt and public deficit sharply upward.
The report, published on February 12, revealed major accounting inconsistencies, including a 12.3 per cent budget deficit for 2023—more than double the 4.9 per cent deficit initially reported under Sall’s administration.
Sall, who has been residing in Morocco since leaving office last year, has dismissed the audit findings as politically motivated.
Government spokesman Moustapha Sarre stated that Sall could be considered the leader of a gang responsible for criminal acts and that legal proceedings are inevitable.
Sall’s successor, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, elected in March 2024, has vowed to distance his government from Sall’s administration.
Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, a longtime opponent of Sall, pledged last September to investigate what he described as widespread corruption under the previous leadership.
Several former officials from Sall’s government have already been charged and imprisoned in recent months, including a lawmaker closely aligned with Sall, who faces fraud and money laundering charges.
