Senegal’s Constitutional Council has rejected a bill seeking to establish a legal framework for special funds, ruling that the National Assembly exceeded its constitutional powers.

The council issued Decision No. 7/C/2026 on 25 August 2026, after Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko referred the matter to the court on 18 August.

The court said the bill, which sought to define and regulate the legal framework for special funds, fell within an area reserved for an organic law on finance.

According to the ruling, ordinary legislation cannot create a separate category of public funds or determine its legal framework, as such matters are governed by Senegal’s Organic Law on Finance.

The council also found that several provisions of the bill interfered with powers constitutionally assigned to the Executive. It said rules concerning the commitment, processing, authorisation and oversight of such expenditure fall within the regulatory powers of the government.

Because the provisions found to be unconstitutional were considered inseparable from the rest of the bill, the council declared the entire proposal inadmissible.

The decision effectively brings the National Assembly’s legislative process on special funds to an end, while reaffirming the Constitutional Council’s role in defining the limits of parliamentary and executive powers.