«Envoyez votre numéro Orange Money» : nouvelle polémique à l’Assemblée nationale
In the National Assembly, the controversy surrounding the privileges granted to members of parliament has resurfaced with the "Tabaski loans" affair. According to information relayed by Le Quotidien, the Questure (the parliamentary administration) has implemented a system of financial advances accessible via mobile money transfer, despite the promises of "break with the past" and austerity proclaimed by the new authorities.
The protocol sent to elected officials, deceptively simple, states, according to the newspaper: "Anyone wishing to borrow money can send their Orange Money phone number, plus their first and last name."
The scheme includes two separate limits: up to 500,000 FCFA for members of parliament who did not receive support during Korité (Eid al-Fitr), and a limit of 300,000 FCFA for those with outstanding debts. Interested parliamentarians simply need to provide their contact information and "indicate the amount to borrow" to receive the funds directly on their mobile phones.
This practice, which comes just weeks after the controversy surrounding MPs' official vehicles, fuels criticism of the persistence of old habits at the highest levels of government. While the new authorities had made transparency, accountability, and the end of privileges a strong political hallmark, this affair appears to some as a deliberate continuation of the methods of the old regime.
According to the daily newspaper of the Avenir Communication group, many observers find this cash management, which is more like a "neighborhood tontine" or an "informal micro-credit service," difficult to accept.
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