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00:00:00this falls under the joint waterway maintenance service,
00:00:04it's a service between the Central African Republic and
00:00:07Congo, today Cenament was supposed to take care of it, but
00:00:11because of increasingly scarce funding, they are
00:00:15Following struggling to do their job, otherwise dredging is a
00:00:18constant concern, we are thinking about it and by then we will probably
00:00:22launch a new dredging operation in the sites that are under our
00:00:25direction, notably in Brazzaville,
00:00:28ensuring navigability. and of the river is an essential
00:00:32condition for the development of river transport, but
00:00:35beyond infrastructure and technical works, the
00:00:39real challenge remains human, because
00:00:42the future of the sector depends above all on the generations that
00:00:46will keep it alive. Behind every high-performing
00:00:49port are trained, committed
00:00:52men and women focused on the future. For
00:00:56the general director of the autonomous port of Brazzaville, the
00:01:00development of the river sector is not
00:01:03of public only about investments, it also relies on the
00:01:07ability to attract a new generation of
00:01:09professionals, it is this shared dream that we
00:01:13wanted so that tomorrow people
00:01:16would be interested, especially the young generation would be interested in
00:01:19port professions because it is a
00:01:22profession of the future because the port, you see, port activities and
00:01:26related entities are truly the real oil of the Con...
00:01:30"if we organize well, if we develop, we arrange everything that is
00:01:34necessary, it has enormous
00:01:37mobilization and broadening the potential, and the head of state himself talks
00:01:41about it, and we can only align ourselves with this vision of
00:01:44the head of state, call upon young people to come and train in this
00:01:48sector, to get interested,
00:01:50of Articles 11 and 12 of even in private, they can start, today it is
00:01:53open, so it is an
00:01:55management and invitation for young people
00:01:56domestic to be interested in this noble profession. and whatever
00:02:00happens, oil will run out, but the river will always be there,
00:02:04huh, it will always be there, our problem
00:02:09today and the government has already anticipated, you know that because of these
00:02:11problems with the tiège that you have placed, the
00:02:148. Optimizing the government plans to relocate our port to Maluku, that
00:02:18preparing the state budget for is the government's vision of Maloukou where there will be the nearby where
00:02:21there will be the road rail bridge project and on the other
00:02:25on the 10 priority axes of side of our Central African friends with Mokumbo there is also another port that we should have built that
00:02:28should ensure that in reality all... year and well there
00:02:31should be navigation between the Congo and our friends from
00:02:35Central Africa and the
00:02:38of the State, port of Brazzaville of course that will not be extinguished but in terms of traffic in terms of personnel traffic
00:02:42or the management of the Balébo pool
00:02:44project, the acceleration of and well there is work to be
00:02:46done so it's to say it's a sector
00:02:50according to the of the future that children come and they will find an open
00:02:53team so that we can undertake major reforms for our
00:02:56port, the autonomous port of Brazzaville.
00:03:00is going through a pivotal period in its history,
00:03:03heir to an exceptional fluvial heritage,
00:03:07it faces numerous challenges: modernization
00:03:10of infrastructure, digitalization of
00:03:13services, training and capacity building of
00:03:16personnel, traffic recovery,
00:03:20environmental protection, adaptation to international
00:03:23standards and improvement of navigability.
00:03:25Behind these challenges, a
00:03:29new ambition is also emerging, that of making
00:03:32the Congo River a
00:03:34volatility in energy true engine of economic development for future
00:03:37generations, because, if natural
00:03:41resources can be depleted, the river will continue
00:03:45to connect territories, peoples and
00:03:47opportunities, and it is perhaps on these
00:03:51waters that a new page of Congo's economic history
00:03:55will be written. My name is Minuindis Sarafa, I
00:03:59was born in the early 60s in Monsinjou, I did my
00:04:03studies in Monsinjou naturally and in
00:04:051975 I was admitted to the entrance exam to the
00:04:10the execution of the state military school in Genler, which at the time was called the cadet of the revolution, I left in
00:04:131982 and I was admitted to a competition to
00:04:17go to naval school in France, I am therefore
00:04:19by training a naval officer and I returned
00:04:23to France to Congo and then I served the
00:04:27republic, I climbed the ranks. until
00:04:30becoming a colonel in our army
00:04:34and in the meantime followed other trainings, several
00:04:37trainings, was trained
00:04:41in the United States, was trained in Sweden where I went
00:04:45to do a master's degree in port
00:04:48management and maritime transport, was
00:04:51trained in England where I had to do another master's degree in finance,
00:04:55commerce and
00:04:55transport.
00:07:02Anatole Coliné Makosolela
00:07:05lotango ya mbongo bakeng sa mouve mafuta zole makumi zole na
00:07:09nsambwadi ti ya mafunda zole akumi zole na
00:07:34Congo Pierre Ngorongo
00:07:36mpe ya kivanda, na kiyekwa ya basenatere ya
00:07:40kikundukuka mambu ya Kimwan.
00:11:33The session is
00:11:35open,
00:11:39I hand over the floor to the venerable
00:11:43first secretary who will inform us about
00:11:46the purpose of this special plenary session
00:11:50and its progress,
00:11:53venerable first secretary. You have the
00:11:55floor, thank you, honorable
00:11:58president,
00:12:03the honorable president of the Senate,
00:12:07Mr. Prime Minister, Head of
00:12:10Government, ladies and
00:12:14gentlemen, members of the
00:12:16Government,
00:12:19honorable senators, ladies and
00:12:21gentlemen,
00:12:56the
00:12:57present
00:13:01plenary session of this
00:13:02day
00:13:05deals with only one
00:13:09matter, the budget orientation
00:13:13debate,
00:13:16the budget orientation debate
00:13:20is organized in application
00:13:23of the provisions of Article 11 of Organic
00:13:27Law number
00:13:2936-2017
00:13:33of October 3, 2017
00:13:36relating to financial
00:13:38laws and Articles
00:13:41180, 181 and
00:13:44182 of the Senate's Internal
00:13:48Regulations. Its purpose
00:13:51is to allow
00:13:55to exchange with the government
00:13:59on its preferences and its
00:14:01resistances before the budget
00:14:05discussion in October,
00:14:09the budget orientation debate
00:14:12is based on the report of the
00:14:16Economy and Finance Committee
00:14:19prepared on the basis of medium-term
00:14:22framework documents,
00:14:25accompanied by the report on the country's
00:14:29macroeconomic situation
00:14:33and the report on
00:14:35budget, current
00:14:38exercise, transmitted by the
00:14:40government, the
00:14:43debate does not lead to a
00:14:47vote, honorable
00:14:50president:
00:14:59the procedure for the conduct of the
00:15:02budget orientation
00:15:05debate is as
00:15:07follows: at the request of the president of the
00:15:11Senate, the prime minister
00:15:15presents his introductory
00:15:16speech.
00:15:20after the introductory speech of the prime
00:15:22minister, the... president of the Senate
00:15:26gives the floor
00:15:29to the Economy and Finance Committee
00:15:32for the presentation of its
00:15:36report.
00:15:38after the presentation of the report of the Economy and
00:15:42Finance Committee, the president of the Senate
00:15:46gives the floor to the senators who
00:15:49request it.
00:15:53the intervention of the senators,
00:15:56the president of the Senate gives the
00:15:59floor to the government for its
00:16:02reaction.
00:16:06After the intervention of the government,
00:16:09the president of the Senate summarizes and
00:16:12concludes the debate, thank
00:16:16you venerable
00:16:17president,
00:16:21thank you venerable first
00:16:24secretary, now
00:16:27the floor is given to
00:16:31Mr. Prime Minister, Head of
00:16:34Government.
00:17:06Venerable. President of the Senate,
00:17:09venerable members of the Senate Bureau, venerable senators,
00:17:13ladies and gentlemen,
00:17:16members of the government,
00:17:20ladies and gentlemen,
00:17:24in accordance with the provisions
00:17:27Organic Law 36/2017 of October 3,
00:17:302017 relating to financial
00:17:33laws, the government must present to the
00:17:37Parliament its ambitions regarding the conduct of its economic
00:17:41and social policy for the next three
00:17:44years.
00:17:47The government's preparation of the medium-term budget framework
00:17:502027/2029
00:17:52is part of the process of the 2027
00:17:56fiscal year.
00:17:59The relevant document was transmitted to you for the organization of the
00:18:03budget orientation debate.
00:18:06The medium-term budget framework aims to fix the financial
00:18:09constraint involving the need or financing capacity
00:18:13based on realistic economic assumptions covering a
00:18:16minimum period of 3 years
00:18:19and to determine the
00:18:23trajectory of revenues and expenditures
00:18:27orientation of the budgetary policy allowing
00:18:30to achieve macroeconomic objectives and
00:18:34to realize the government's priorities which I had to outline. on
00:18:38June 22nd during the presentation of the government's action
00:18:41program before the National
00:18:43Assembly. Venerable President of the
00:18:46Senate, venerable members of the Senate Bureau, venerable
00:18:50senators.
00:18:53The medium-term budget framework (2027/2029)
00:18:57is part of an international context
00:19:00characterized by great uncertainties related to geopolitical
00:19:03shocks, notably in the Middle East and Ukraine.
00:19:08These shocks maintain
00:19:12and raw material prices which
00:19:14fuel inflationary pressures in all countries
00:19:18worldwide and cause a
00:19:21slowdown in global trade
00:19:23dynamics.
00:19:26As a result of this, according to the
00:19:29latest World Economic Outlook published by the International Monetary
00:19:33Fund, global growth is expected
00:19:36to be 3.1 % in
00:19:392026 and 3.4 % in
00:19:422027, down from the average of
00:19:463.5 % observed in
00:19:472024/2025.
00:19:51This slight deceleration would be the consequence of the effects of the war in the
00:19:55Middle East on net energy importing
00:19:57countries and on vulnerable economies,
00:20:01an effect offset by the demand induced by artificial intelligence
00:20:05in countries integrated into the global technological
00:20:08value
00:20:09chain.
00:20:13Global inflation is expected to increase from 4.1% in
00:20:162025 to 4.7% in
00:20:192026, before falling to 3.9%
00:20:23in 2027.
00:20:25These slightly upwardly revised forecasts indicate that the
00:20:29disinflationary trend observed since the beginning of
00:20:322024 is
00:20:34slowing down.
00:20:37Allow me to elaborate on this
00:20:39point,
00:20:42allow me to elaborate on this point to say that at the national
00:20:45level, given the degree of openness of
00:20:48our economy, characterized by a high
00:20:52level of imports of goods and services, this imported
00:20:55inflation constitutes a major challenge for the purchasing
00:20:59power of our fellow citizens.
00:21:03That is why the government will resolutely
00:21:06pursue its policies to combat inflation
00:21:09through various mechanisms,
00:21:12including the application of reduced rates on essential
00:21:15goods, the strengthening of competition and
00:21:19the improvement of the productivity of our local
00:21:21sectors,
00:21:24which will allow our inflation to be below the
00:21:27CEMAC convergence criteria, i.e. at
00:21:312.7% in 2026 compared to
00:21:342.6% in
00:21:362025.
00:21:38Thus, at the national level, despite a
00:21:42difficult global context, our economy
00:21:44will continue to demonstrate remarkable resilience.
00:21:48The estimated real GDP growth rate in
00:21:512026 is 5.2%,
00:21:54compared to 4.8% in
00:21:562025. This growth would be supported by the
00:22:00dynamism of the oil and non- oil sectors, whose growth
00:22:04rates between 2025 and 2026
00:22:08would increase from 4.9% to
00:22:115.6% for the oil sector and from
00:22:153.2% to 4.8% for the
00:22:18non-oil sector.
00:22:21Projections show it reaching 6.1% in
00:22:242028 and 7% in 2029,
00:22:28i.e. 6.1% on average annually over the
00:22:32period.
00:22:37Venerable President of the Senate, venerable members
00:22:40of the Senate Bureau, venerable senator,
00:22:43we are here to present the first medium-term budget framework
00:22:47of the new presidential mandate.
00:22:50As such, the compass that guides us remains the President of the Republic's
00:22:54societal project, I quote, "the acceleration of
00:22:59the march towards development." End of
00:23:01quote: the MTEF is nothing more than
00:23:05the three-year breakdown of this societal program,
00:23:08translated into the government's action plan. It
00:23:12is based, as you know,
00:23:15the acceleration of the march towards development, to which
00:23:18six other actions are added, outlined in some other areas
00:23:22of state intervention and, of course, four
00:23:25conditions for accelerating the march towards development. It is
00:23:29indeed all of these actions described in the societal
00:23:34the march towards development, which were taken up and detailed in 20
00:23:38missions presented before the honorable deputies and which
00:23:41constitute the roadmap for the 2027/2031
00:23:44five-year plan, in other words, the backbone
00:23:47of the next national development plan.
00:23:50for which parliament will be consulted upstream
00:23:54of its elaboration.
00:23:58I would like to emphasize here that the national
00:24:02development plan that will be submitted to you will focus
00:24:05essentially on mature projects with high economic
00:24:09and social impact, to the detriment of the usual
00:24:12lists of project intentions which often
00:24:16force the evaluation of our different targets to be exceeded.
00:24:21The medium-term budgetary orientation is therefore
00:24:25clear: for this three-year period
00:24:282027/2029, it involves consolidating the major
00:24:31macroeconomic and budgetary balances,
00:24:34continuing public debt reduction, and promoting the strengthening of sustainable
00:24:38and inclusive
00:24:39economic growth.
00:24:42Our strategy aims at progressive
00:24:45acceleration with a growth rate that could
00:24:48gain a... 3% (1.3
00:24:51from 2027) compared to
00:24:552026, to stabilize at
00:24:586.9%, then settle at 6.5%
00:25:01on an annual average over the 2028/2029
00:25:04period.
00:25:08This result would be achieved thanks to the dynamism of the non-oil
00:25:12sector, whose growth would increase from 4.8%
00:25:15in 2026 to 5.4% in
00:25:182027. And would consolidate at 6.1%
00:25:22in 2028 and 7% in
00:25:252029, driven by mature mining
00:25:28projects that the government intends to see enter
00:25:31the exploitation phase, by a
00:25:34ramp-up of ongoing natural resource exploitation,
00:25:37by the start of construction
00:25:40and/or rehabilitation projects for railway
00:25:44and road infrastructure, by the incentives provided
00:25:48to small and medium-sized enterprises and small and medium-sized
00:25:51industries, as well as by the good performance of the tertiary
00:25:54sector.
00:25:57Similarly, the growth rate of the oil
00:26:00sector would gain 4 percentage
00:26:04points to reach 8% in 2027 compared to
00:26:065.5% in 2026,
00:26:10driven by the ramp-up of hydrocarbon and natural gas
00:26:14production fields as well as the start of production of new
00:26:17fields.
00:26:20Over the period 2028-2029, this growth
00:26:23is projected to be 4.8% in 2028
00:26:26and 5% in 2029.
00:26:29In terms of macroeconomic balance, it
00:26:33will be a matter of finding the right balance between three
00:26:36imperatives: continuing debt reduction to restore
00:26:39our room for maneuver and our credibility,
00:26:43ensuring the stabilization of the macroeconomic
00:26:46framework to maintain an environment conducive
00:26:50to investment and financing basic
00:26:52infrastructure essential to our
00:26:56development and to the structural transformation of our
00:26:59economy. This arbitration
00:27:02requires rigorous management
00:27:06spending, which must be executed according to a
00:27:08strict prioritization.
00:27:11Regarding prices,
00:27:14inflation would increase by 3% in 2027,
00:27:18compared to 2.7% in 2026, and would
00:27:21average 3% over the period.
00:27:25To achieve these objectives, the
00:27:28main orientations of the government's action for the next
00:27:32three years will be as follows:
00:27:361, strengthening revenue
00:27:40tax base; 2, controlling and
00:27:43rationalizing public spending;
00:27:463, restoring budgetary credibility;
00:27:494, consolidating budgetary surpluses throughout the
00:27:53period; 5, strengthening treasury
00:27:59debt management. 6. Strengthening
00:28:03the performance and accountability
00:28:06of budgetary program
00:28:08managers. 7. Reducing and
00:28:12optimizing public debt.
00:28:16management of budgetary risks.
00:28:199. Establishing safety cushions to strengthen the
00:28:23resilience of the national economy to shocks.
00:28:2610. Continuing efforts to rebuild foreign exchange reserves.
00:28:30Ultimately, this
00:28:33medium-term budget framework aims
00:28:37to ensure the financial sustainability
00:28:40to reduce dependence on oil resources,
00:28:44to reduce dependence on oil resources,
00:28:48to improve budgetary sincerity and
00:28:51to make the program budget a true public management
00:28:55tool. Honorable President,
00:28:58honorable members of the Bureau, venerable
00:29:02Senator,
00:29:05regarding the overall evolution of budgetary aggregates, budgetary
00:29:09resources would increase at an average annual rate of 3.6%
00:29:13over the period 2027/2029,
00:29:16driven by the improvement of both fiscal and
00:29:19oil revenues.
00:29:21Over the same period, budgetary expenditures would increase on
00:29:25average by 2.5% at a lower rate than revenues,
00:29:29reflecting the desire for overall control of
00:29:33expenditures.
00:29:35These evolutions in budgetary revenues and expenditures would result
00:29:39in an improvement in budgetary balances which would be
00:29:41positive over the entire period.
00:29:45Thus, budgetary revenues would experience a
00:29:48positive dynamic. They would be set at
00:29:522970 billion 900 million CFA francs in
00:29:552027, at 3060 billion 100 million CFA
00:29:59francs in 2028 and at 314. 29 billion
00:30:03700 million CFA francs in 2029,
00:30:06an average annual increase of 3.6%,
00:30:10essentially driven by fiscal
00:30:12revenues which would increase at an average annual rate of 7.4%
00:30:16and would amount to 1336 billion
00:30:20300 million CFA francs in 2027, to
00:30:231439 billion CFA francs in 2028 and to
00:30:271554 billion 200 million CFA
00:30:30francs in 2029.
00:30:34Regarding the mobilization of revenues, our
00:30:37strategy is not limited to improving the performance of financial
00:30:41regimes, it is fundamentally based on
00:30:45broadening the tax base made possible by
00:30:48the diversification of our economy,
00:30:51the rise of promising sectors such as tourism,
00:30:55agriculture, agro-industry, services and the
00:30:58digital economy.