Gambiaj.com – (DAKAR, Senegal) – In a press conference held on Thursday, February 13, 2025, Aissata Tall Sall, former Minister of Justice under President Macky Sall’s administration, strongly criticized the recent report by Senegal’s Court of Auditors. Expressing her deep disappointment, she highlighted what she described as numerous inconsistencies in the report, questioning its legitimacy and accusing the current administration of using it to manipulate public perception.

Sall pointed out that the report, despite its serious allegations, lacks an official signature, which she views as an evasion of responsibility by the Court’s leadership. “It is difficult to know who claims ownership of this document. It is a report that is flawed in substance, form, and purpose,” she asserted.

As the president of the parliamentary group Takku Wallu Senegal, Sall further lamented that the observations of former finance ministers during the period in question were not incorporated into the report. She argued that the Court of Auditors had already completed a similar audit in the past and accused the new authorities of merely rehashing the findings to discredit officials from the previous government.

In her view, the report serves as a tool to manipulate the Senegalese public and divert attention from what she described as the current government’s failures. She accused the administration of using the audit to conceal its inability to address pressing economic concerns, including the payment of wages, pensions, student scholarships, and social subsidies.

“The failure of this government to fulfill its most basic obligations—debt service, salaries, and social assistance—has been ongoing for nearly a year. Blaming their predecessors is simply pathetic,” she said. “Unfortunately, it is the Senegalese people who will suffer the consequences.”

Sall warned that the government’s alleged mismanagement and irresponsibility could have dire consequences for Senegal’s international reputation and borrowing costs. She firmly rejected attempts to scapegoat the previous administration, declaring, “We will not accept this attempt to rewrite history and shift the blame onto the old regime.”