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The purchase of a new Airbus “A320 Neo”, which will be delivered on July 16, does not go unnoticed. The opposition and civil society demand accountability, the government is trying to explain.
as reported from Dakar, Charlotte idrac
“It was time to replace the presidency’s A319,” according to the minister’s spokesman for the government. An aircraft acquired second-hand in November 2010 and was put into service in March 2011. After two decades of operations, the presidential plane called Pointe Sarène “has become obsolete”, Oumar Guèye explains in a press release, “requires frequent and expensive technical visits, and thus long periods of immobilization ”, therefore costs of leasing aircraft to secure presidential missions.
How about the cost? The government spokesman has taken refuge behind a defense secret for “security reasons”. But the list price is estimated at 110 million dollars, about 59 billion CFA francs.
This means that Nio Lank, among others, jumps. “The president has a problem with priorities, at a time when the country lacks everything, water, electricity, health infrastructure,” the movement condemns. The same criticism from former Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye. For him, “the price of Macky Sal’s plan is enough to replace all temporary classroom protection.”
For its part, the government simply states that the purchase agreement was signed in June 2019. “The payment was made according to schedule and the last one is scheduled for the delivery date.”
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