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[00:00:00] this falls under the joint waterway maintenance service,
[00:00:04] it's a service between the Central African Republic and
[00:00:07] Congo, today Cenament was supposed to take care of it, but
[00:00:11] because of increasingly scarce funding, they are
[00:00:15] Following struggling to do their job, otherwise dredging is a
[00:00:18] constant concern, we are thinking about it and by then we will probably
[00:00:22] launch a new dredging operation in the sites that are under our
[00:00:25] direction, notably in Brazzaville,
[00:00:28] ensuring navigability. and of the river is an essential
[00:00:32] condition for the development of river transport, but
[00:00:35] beyond infrastructure and technical works, the
[00:00:39] real challenge remains human, because
[00:00:42] the future of the sector depends above all on the generations that
[00:00:46] will keep it alive. Behind every high-performing
[00:00:49] port are trained, committed
[00:00:52] men and women focused on the future. For
[00:00:56] the general director of the autonomous port of Brazzaville, the
[00:01:00] development of the river sector is not
[00:01:03] of public only about investments, it also relies on the
[00:01:07] ability to attract a new generation of
[00:01:09] professionals, it is this shared dream that we
[00:01:13] wanted so that tomorrow people
[00:01:16] would be interested, especially the young generation would be interested in
[00:01:19] port professions because it is a
[00:01:22] profession of the future because the port, you see, port activities and
[00:01:26] related entities are truly the real oil of the Con...
[00:01:30] "if we organize well, if we develop, we arrange everything that is
[00:01:34] necessary, it has enormous
[00:01:37] mobilization and broadening the potential, and the head of state himself talks
[00:01:41] about it, and we can only align ourselves with this vision of
[00:01:44] the head of state, call upon young people to come and train in this
[00:01:48] sector, to get interested,
[00:01:50] of Articles 11 and 12 of even in private, they can start, today it is
[00:01:53] open, so it is an
[00:01:55] management and invitation for young people
[00:01:56] domestic to be interested in this noble profession. and whatever
[00:02:00] happens, oil will run out, but the river will always be there,
[00:02:04] huh, it will always be there, our problem
[00:02:09] today and the government has already anticipated, you know that because of these
[00:02:11] problems with the tiège that you have placed, the
[00:02:14] 8. Optimizing the government plans to relocate our port to Maluku, that
[00:02:18] preparing the state budget for is the government's vision of Maloukou where there will be the nearby where
[00:02:21] there will be the road rail bridge project and on the other
[00:02:25] on the 10 priority axes of side of our Central African friends with Mokumbo there is also another port that we should have built that
[00:02:28] should ensure that in reality all... year and well there
[00:02:31] should be navigation between the Congo and our friends from
[00:02:35] Central Africa and the
[00:02:38] of the State, port of Brazzaville of course that will not be extinguished but in terms of traffic in terms of personnel traffic
[00:02:42] or the management of the Balébo pool
[00:02:44] project, the acceleration of and well there is work to be
[00:02:46] done so it's to say it's a sector
[00:02:50] according to the of the future that children come and they will find an open
[00:02:53] team so that we can undertake major reforms for our
[00:02:56] port, the autonomous port of Brazzaville.
[00:03:00] is going through a pivotal period in its history,
[00:03:03] heir to an exceptional fluvial heritage,
[00:03:07] it faces numerous challenges: modernization
[00:03:10] of infrastructure, digitalization of
[00:03:13] services, training and capacity building of
[00:03:16] personnel, traffic recovery,
[00:03:20] environmental protection, adaptation to international
[00:03:23] standards and improvement of navigability.
[00:03:25] Behind these challenges, a
[00:03:29] new ambition is also emerging, that of making
[00:03:32] the Congo River a
[00:03:34] volatility in energy true engine of economic development for future
[00:03:37] generations, because, if natural
[00:03:41] resources can be depleted, the river will continue
[00:03:45] to connect territories, peoples and
[00:03:47] opportunities, and it is perhaps on these
[00:03:51] waters that a new page of Congo's economic history
[00:03:55] will be written. My name is Minuindis Sarafa, I
[00:03:59] was born in the early 60s in Monsinjou, I did my
[00:04:03] studies in Monsinjou naturally and in
[00:04:05] 1975 I was admitted to the entrance exam to the
[00:04:10] the execution of the state military school in Genler, which at the time was called the cadet of the revolution, I left in
[00:04:13] 1982 and I was admitted to a competition to
[00:04:17] go to naval school in France, I am therefore
[00:04:19] by training a naval officer and I returned
[00:04:23] to France to Congo and then I served the
[00:04:27] republic, I climbed the ranks. until
[00:04:30] becoming a colonel in our army
[00:04:34] and in the meantime followed other trainings, several
[00:04:37] trainings, was trained
[00:04:41] in the United States, was trained in Sweden where I went
[00:04:45] to do a master's degree in port
[00:04:48] management and maritime transport, was
[00:04:51] trained in England where I had to do another master's degree in finance,
[00:04:55] commerce and
[00:04:55] transport.
[00:07:02] Anatole Coliné Makosolela
[00:07:05] lotango ya mbongo bakeng sa mouve mafuta zole makumi zole na
[00:07:09] nsambwadi ti ya mafunda zole akumi zole na
[00:07:34] Congo Pierre Ngorongo
[00:07:36] mpe ya kivanda, na kiyekwa ya basenatere ya
[00:07:40] kikundukuka mambu ya Kimwan.
[00:11:33] The session is
[00:11:35] open,
[00:11:39] I hand over the floor to the venerable
[00:11:43] first secretary who will inform us about
[00:11:46] the purpose of this special plenary session
[00:11:50] and its progress,
[00:11:53] venerable first secretary. You have the
[00:11:55] floor, thank you, honorable
[00:11:58] president,
[00:12:03] the honorable president of the Senate,
[00:12:07] Mr. Prime Minister, Head of
[00:12:10] Government, ladies and
[00:12:14] gentlemen, members of the
[00:12:16] Government,
[00:12:19] honorable senators, ladies and
[00:12:21] gentlemen,
[00:12:56] the
[00:12:57] present
[00:13:01] plenary session of this
[00:13:02] day
[00:13:05] deals with only one
[00:13:09] matter, the budget orientation
[00:13:13] debate,
[00:13:16] the budget orientation debate
[00:13:20] is organized in application
[00:13:23] of the provisions of Article 11 of Organic
[00:13:27] Law number
[00:13:29] 36-2017
[00:13:33] of October 3, 2017
[00:13:36] relating to financial
[00:13:38] laws and Articles
[00:13:41] 180, 181 and
[00:13:44] 182 of the Senate's Internal
[00:13:48] Regulations. Its purpose
[00:13:51] is to allow
[00:13:55] to exchange with the government
[00:13:59] on its preferences and its
[00:14:01] resistances before the budget
[00:14:05] discussion in October,
[00:14:09] the budget orientation debate
[00:14:12] is based on the report of the
[00:14:16] Economy and Finance Committee
[00:14:19] prepared on the basis of medium-term
[00:14:22] framework documents,
[00:14:25] accompanied by the report on the country's
[00:14:29] macroeconomic situation
[00:14:33] and the report on
[00:14:35] budget, current
[00:14:38] exercise, transmitted by the
[00:14:40] government, the
[00:14:43] debate does not lead to a
[00:14:47] vote, honorable
[00:14:50] president:
[00:14:59] the procedure for the conduct of the
[00:15:02] budget orientation
[00:15:05] debate is as
[00:15:07] follows: at the request of the president of the
[00:15:11] Senate, the prime minister
[00:15:15] presents his introductory
[00:15:16] speech.
[00:15:20] after the introductory speech of the prime
[00:15:22] minister, the... president of the Senate
[00:15:26] gives the floor
[00:15:29] to the Economy and Finance Committee
[00:15:32] for the presentation of its
[00:15:36] report.
[00:15:38] after the presentation of the report of the Economy and
[00:15:42] Finance Committee, the president of the Senate
[00:15:46] gives the floor to the senators who
[00:15:49] request it.
[00:15:53] the intervention of the senators,
[00:15:56] the president of the Senate gives the
[00:15:59] floor to the government for its
[00:16:02] reaction.
[00:16:06] After the intervention of the government,
[00:16:09] the president of the Senate summarizes and
[00:16:12] concludes the debate, thank
[00:16:16] you venerable
[00:16:17] president,
[00:16:21] thank you venerable first
[00:16:24] secretary, now
[00:16:27] the floor is given to
[00:16:31] Mr. Prime Minister, Head of
[00:16:34] Government.
[00:17:06] Venerable. President of the Senate,
[00:17:09] venerable members of the Senate Bureau, venerable senators,
[00:17:13] ladies and gentlemen,
[00:17:16] members of the government,
[00:17:20] ladies and gentlemen,
[00:17:24] in accordance with the provisions
[00:17:27] Organic Law 36/2017 of October 3,
[00:17:30] 2017 relating to financial
[00:17:33] laws, the government must present to the
[00:17:37] Parliament its ambitions regarding the conduct of its economic
[00:17:41] and social policy for the next three
[00:17:44] years.
[00:17:47] The government's preparation of the medium-term budget framework
[00:17:50] 2027/2029
[00:17:52] is part of the process of the 2027
[00:17:56] fiscal year.
[00:17:59] The relevant document was transmitted to you for the organization of the
[00:18:03] budget orientation debate.
[00:18:06] The medium-term budget framework aims to fix the financial
[00:18:09] constraint involving the need or financing capacity
[00:18:13] based on realistic economic assumptions covering a
[00:18:16] minimum period of 3 years
[00:18:19] and to determine the
[00:18:23] trajectory of revenues and expenditures
[00:18:27] orientation of the budgetary policy allowing
[00:18:30] to achieve macroeconomic objectives and
[00:18:34] to realize the government's priorities which I had to outline. on
[00:18:38] June 22nd during the presentation of the government's action
[00:18:41] program before the National
[00:18:43] Assembly. Venerable President of the
[00:18:46] Senate, venerable members of the Senate Bureau, venerable
[00:18:50] senators.
[00:18:53] The medium-term budget framework (2027/2029)
[00:18:57] is part of an international context
[00:19:00] characterized by great uncertainties related to geopolitical
[00:19:03] shocks, notably in the Middle East and Ukraine.
[00:19:08] These shocks maintain
[00:19:12] and raw material prices which
[00:19:14] fuel inflationary pressures in all countries
[00:19:18] worldwide and cause a
[00:19:21] slowdown in global trade
[00:19:23] dynamics.
[00:19:26] As a result of this, according to the
[00:19:29] latest World Economic Outlook published by the International Monetary
[00:19:33] Fund, global growth is expected
[00:19:36] to be 3.1 % in
[00:19:39] 2026 and 3.4 % in
[00:19:42] 2027, down from the average of
[00:19:46] 3.5 % observed in
[00:19:47] 2024/2025.
[00:19:51] This slight deceleration would be the consequence of the effects of the war in the
[00:19:55] Middle East on net energy importing
[00:19:57] countries and on vulnerable economies,
[00:20:01] an effect offset by the demand induced by artificial intelligence
[00:20:05] in countries integrated into the global technological
[00:20:08] value
[00:20:09] chain.
[00:20:13] Global inflation is expected to increase from 4.1% in
[00:20:16] 2025 to 4.7% in
[00:20:19] 2026, before falling to 3.9%
[00:20:23] in 2027.
[00:20:25] These slightly upwardly revised forecasts indicate that the
[00:20:29] disinflationary trend observed since the beginning of
[00:20:32] 2024 is
[00:20:34] slowing down.
[00:20:37] Allow me to elaborate on this
[00:20:39] point,
[00:20:42] allow me to elaborate on this point to say that at the national
[00:20:45] level, given the degree of openness of
[00:20:48] our economy, characterized by a high
[00:20:52] level of imports of goods and services, this imported
[00:20:55] inflation constitutes a major challenge for the purchasing
[00:20:59] power of our fellow citizens.
[00:21:03] That is why the government will resolutely
[00:21:06] pursue its policies to combat inflation
[00:21:09] through various mechanisms,
[00:21:12] including the application of reduced rates on essential
[00:21:15] goods, the strengthening of competition and
[00:21:19] the improvement of the productivity of our local
[00:21:21] sectors,
[00:21:24] which will allow our inflation to be below the
[00:21:27] CEMAC convergence criteria, i.e. at
[00:21:31] 2.7% in 2026 compared to
[00:21:34] 2.6% in
[00:21:36] 2025.
[00:21:38] Thus, at the national level, despite a
[00:21:42] difficult global context, our economy
[00:21:44] will continue to demonstrate remarkable resilience.
[00:21:48] The estimated real GDP growth rate in
[00:21:51] 2026 is 5.2%,
[00:21:54] compared to 4.8% in
[00:21:56] 2025. This growth would be supported by the
[00:22:00] dynamism of the oil and non- oil sectors, whose growth
[00:22:04] rates between 2025 and 2026
[00:22:08] would increase from 4.9% to
[00:22:11] 5.6% for the oil sector and from
[00:22:15] 3.2% to 4.8% for the
[00:22:18] non-oil sector.
[00:22:21] Projections show it reaching 6.1% in
[00:22:24] 2028 and 7% in 2029,
[00:22:28] i.e. 6.1% on average annually over the
[00:22:32] period.
[00:22:37] Venerable President of the Senate, venerable members
[00:22:40] of the Senate Bureau, venerable senator,
[00:22:43] we are here to present the first medium-term budget framework
[00:22:47] of the new presidential mandate.
[00:22:50] As such, the compass that guides us remains the President of the Republic's
[00:22:54] societal project, I quote, "the acceleration of
[00:22:59] the march towards development." End of
[00:23:01] quote: the MTEF is nothing more than
[00:23:05] the three-year breakdown of this societal program,
[00:23:08] translated into the government's action plan. It
[00:23:12] is based, as you know,
[00:23:15] the acceleration of the march towards development, to which
[00:23:18] six other actions are added, outlined in some other areas
[00:23:22] of state intervention and, of course, four
[00:23:25] conditions for accelerating the march towards development. It is
[00:23:29] indeed all of these actions described in the societal
[00:23:34] the march towards development, which were taken up and detailed in 20
[00:23:38] missions presented before the honorable deputies and which
[00:23:41] constitute the roadmap for the 2027/2031
[00:23:44] five-year plan, in other words, the backbone
[00:23:47] of the next national development plan.
[00:23:50] for which parliament will be consulted upstream
[00:23:54] of its elaboration.
[00:23:58] I would like to emphasize here that the national
[00:24:02] development plan that will be submitted to you will focus
[00:24:05] essentially on mature projects with high economic
[00:24:09] and social impact, to the detriment of the usual
[00:24:12] lists of project intentions which often
[00:24:16] force the evaluation of our different targets to be exceeded.
[00:24:21] The medium-term budgetary orientation is therefore
[00:24:25] clear: for this three-year period
[00:24:28] 2027/2029, it involves consolidating the major
[00:24:31] macroeconomic and budgetary balances,
[00:24:34] continuing public debt reduction, and promoting the strengthening of sustainable
[00:24:38] and inclusive
[00:24:39] economic growth.
[00:24:42] Our strategy aims at progressive
[00:24:45] acceleration with a growth rate that could
[00:24:48] gain a... 3% (1.3
[00:24:51] from 2027) compared to
[00:24:55] 2026, to stabilize at
[00:24:58] 6.9%, then settle at 6.5%
[00:25:01] on an annual average over the 2028/2029
[00:25:04] period.
[00:25:08] This result would be achieved thanks to the dynamism of the non-oil
[00:25:12] sector, whose growth would increase from 4.8%
[00:25:15] in 2026 to 5.4% in
[00:25:18] 2027. And would consolidate at 6.1%
[00:25:22] in 2028 and 7% in
[00:25:25] 2029, driven by mature mining
[00:25:28] projects that the government intends to see enter
[00:25:31] the exploitation phase, by a
[00:25:34] ramp-up of ongoing natural resource exploitation,
[00:25:37] by the start of construction
[00:25:40] and/or rehabilitation projects for railway
[00:25:44] and road infrastructure, by the incentives provided
[00:25:48] to small and medium-sized enterprises and small and medium-sized
[00:25:51] industries, as well as by the good performance of the tertiary
[00:25:54] sector.
[00:25:57] Similarly, the growth rate of the oil
[00:26:00] sector would gain 4 percentage
[00:26:04] points to reach 8% in 2027 compared to
[00:26:06] 5.5% in 2026,
[00:26:10] driven by the ramp-up of hydrocarbon and natural gas
[00:26:14] production fields as well as the start of production of new
[00:26:17] fields.
[00:26:20] Over the period 2028-2029, this growth
[00:26:23] is projected to be 4.8% in 2028
[00:26:26] and 5% in 2029.
[00:26:29] In terms of macroeconomic balance, it
[00:26:33] will be a matter of finding the right balance between three
[00:26:36] imperatives: continuing debt reduction to restore
[00:26:39] our room for maneuver and our credibility,
[00:26:43] ensuring the stabilization of the macroeconomic
[00:26:46] framework to maintain an environment conducive
[00:26:50] to investment and financing basic
[00:26:52] infrastructure essential to our
[00:26:56] development and to the structural transformation of our
[00:26:59] economy. This arbitration
[00:27:02] requires rigorous management
[00:27:06] spending, which must be executed according to a
[00:27:08] strict prioritization.
[00:27:11] Regarding prices,
[00:27:14] inflation would increase by 3% in 2027,
[00:27:18] compared to 2.7% in 2026, and would
[00:27:21] average 3% over the period.
[00:27:25] To achieve these objectives, the
[00:27:28] main orientations of the government's action for the next
[00:27:32] three years will be as follows:
[00:27:36] 1, strengthening revenue
[00:27:40] tax base; 2, controlling and
[00:27:43] rationalizing public spending;
[00:27:46] 3, restoring budgetary credibility;
[00:27:49] 4, consolidating budgetary surpluses throughout the
[00:27:53] period; 5, strengthening treasury
[00:27:59] debt management. 6. Strengthening
[00:28:03] the performance and accountability
[00:28:06] of budgetary program
[00:28:08] managers. 7. Reducing and
[00:28:12] optimizing public debt.
[00:28:16] management of budgetary risks.
[00:28:19] 9. Establishing safety cushions to strengthen the
[00:28:23] resilience of the national economy to shocks.
[00:28:26] 10. Continuing efforts to rebuild foreign exchange reserves.
[00:28:30] Ultimately, this
[00:28:33] medium-term budget framework aims
[00:28:37] to ensure the financial sustainability
[00:28:40] to reduce dependence on oil resources,
[00:28:44] to reduce dependence on oil resources,
[00:28:48] to improve budgetary sincerity and
[00:28:51] to make the program budget a true public management
[00:28:55] tool. Honorable President,
[00:28:58] honorable members of the Bureau, venerable
[00:29:02] Senator,
[00:29:05] regarding the overall evolution of budgetary aggregates, budgetary
[00:29:09] resources would increase at an average annual rate of 3.6%
[00:29:13] over the period 2027/2029,
[00:29:16] driven by the improvement of both fiscal and
[00:29:19] oil revenues.
[00:29:21] Over the same period, budgetary expenditures would increase on
[00:29:25] average by 2.5% at a lower rate than revenues,
[00:29:29] reflecting the desire for overall control of
[00:29:33] expenditures.
[00:29:35] These evolutions in budgetary revenues and expenditures would result
[00:29:39] in an improvement in budgetary balances which would be
[00:29:41] positive over the entire period.
[00:29:45] Thus, budgetary revenues would experience a
[00:29:48] positive dynamic. They would be set at
[00:29:52] 2970 billion 900 million CFA francs in
[00:29:55] 2027, at 3060 billion 100 million CFA
[00:29:59] francs in 2028 and at 314. 29 billion
[00:30:03] 700 million CFA francs in 2029,
[00:30:06] an average annual increase of 3.6%,
[00:30:10] essentially driven by fiscal
[00:30:12] revenues which would increase at an average annual rate of 7.4%
[00:30:16] and would amount to 1336 billion
[00:30:20] 300 million CFA francs in 2027, to
[00:30:23] 1439 billion CFA francs in 2028 and to
[00:30:27] 1554 billion 200 million CFA
[00:30:30] francs in 2029.
[00:30:34] Regarding the mobilization of revenues, our
[00:30:37] strategy is not limited to improving the performance of financial
[00:30:41] regimes, it is fundamentally based on
[00:30:45] broadening the tax base made possible by
[00:30:48] the diversification of our economy,
[00:30:51] the rise of promising sectors such as tourism,
[00:30:55] agriculture, agro-industry, services and the
[00:30:58] digital economy.