CBS/AP) DAKAR, Senegal - Senegalese lawmakers, who are divided between a 150-seat national assembly and a 100-seat senate, voted to do away with the senate, passing a law which dissolves the institution in order to save an estimated $15 million.

Minister of Justice Aminata Toure explained that the suppression Tuesday of the senate is intended to curb government spending, and will provide the cash needed to help the victims of the yearly rains which have left thousands homeless and killed at least 13 people.

Unlike the national assembly, the senate is a relatively recent institution, and has become a symbol of government waste. It's been frequently pilloried and described as an instrument of cronyism, a way to reward loyal party workers who did not get elected to the larger national assembly. Around half the senators are directly appointed by the president.

Congress also voted to abolish the office of vice president, establish in 2009 by then-President Abdoulaye Wade, the BBC reports. It has not ever been occupied.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/senegal-gets-rid-of-its-senate-to-save-money/

cc:lalasticlala

old news thou, but cant we do the same

Nawa o. Do the same for where

Old men who sit all day discussing old news papers


And request for 9bn wardrobe allowance

What the country need is a Unicameral legislative system, with few elected representatives.


It makes legislative process more simple, and less cumbersome.


Unlike what we currently have in the country where a combine 469 unproductive leeaches, masquerading as lawmakers are feeding fat and bleeding the country to death ...

CBS/AP/September 19, 2012, 11:07 PM stale stuff

in 9ja? forget it!!