Senegal parliament votes to scrap Senate

DAKAR (AFP) – The National Assembly of Senegal’s parliament has passed laws to scrap the Senate, or upper house, and the post of vice-president, the APS news agency reported Thursday. Both are widely considered too expensive for the poor west African country’s budget. President Macky Sall last month announced emergency legislation to scrap the Senate and turn over its annual budget of almost eight billion CFA francs (12 million euros, $16 million) to dealing with the impact of deadly floods

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Senegal parliament votes to scrap Senate