Madar (Nouakchott) - The Conference of Presidents of the National Assembly, meeting on Thursday 5 November 2026 under the chairmanship of the Assembly's first vice-president, Sidney Sokhona, set the schedule of plenary sessions for the presentation, debate and vote on the government programme.
The Conference decided to hold a plenary session on Saturday 7 November at 10 a.m., at which the Prime Minister will present his programme to the National Assembly and commit the government's responsibility on it. The session on Monday 9 November, at the same time, will be devoted to debating and voting on the programme.
It also set the total time allotted to the debate on the government programme at seven hours and twenty minutes, by a majority of the votes of those present.
The decisions were taken at a meeting attended by the government, represented by the Minister of Culture, Arts, Communication and Relations with Parliament, Mohamed Ould Bebana. The agenda included reviewing bill No. 26-042 on the 2027 finance law, as well as the government's request to schedule the two sessions on the government programme.
The Conference of Presidents referred the 2027 finance bill to the finance committee for in-depth study, and scheduled a plenary session on Monday 28 December 2026 at 10 a.m. to debate and vote on it.
