Madar (Dakar) - Senegal's opposition parliamentary group Takku Wallu Sénégal announced on Friday, October 16, 2026, that it was permanently withdrawing from all six parliamentary inquiry commissions recently set up by the National Assembly, according to a statement carried by Dakaractu, Senego and Pressafrik.
The group called the decision "carefully considered" and blamed what it described as the "distressing and outrageous spectacle" since hearings began. It said a procedure meant to be serious and rigorous had been turned into "a real media circus, driven by the manipulation of the masses", making the Assembly a "television set" at the expense of establishing the facts.
Calling the process "political playacting", Takku Wallu said it would not lend legitimacy to a "public trial of intentions" or take part in "diversionary manoeuvres", and would focus solely on "the real concerns of the population".
The Assembly created the six commissions on August 20, 2026, in a unanimous 129-0 vote, according to the Senegalese Press Agency (APS). They cover land management, sales of state-owned buildings, the government's use of Total Return Swaps (TRS), contracts under the "One student, one computer" programme, tax exemptions and fishing licences.
The walkout comes as hearings continue. On Friday the commissions questioned customs director general Malick Mbaye on tax exemptions, former higher education minister Daouda Ngom on the computer programme, and a witness on fishing licences. Takku Wallu, the only opposition group to emerge from the November 2024 legislative elections, had itself requested an inquiry into the TRS borrowing in April, APS reported.
