DRC:Jean Bamanisa Questions ECOFIN Committee Over Consistency of Report on 2026 Revised Finance Bill
Kinshasa, July 16, 2026 (TOP243NEWS) – Deliberations on the report of the Senate's Economic, Financial and Good Governance Committee (ECOFIN) regarding the 2026 Revised Finance Bill sparked extensive debate in the upper house of Parliament.
Among the most notable contributions was that of Senator Jean Bamanisa Saïdi, who raised several substantive concerns about the consistency of the committee's analysis and conclusions.
At the outset, the senator commended the ECOFIN Committee for completing its work within a particularly short timeframe, while stressing that certain sections of the report required clarification before its adoption.
Jean Bamanisa questioned the decision to maintain the real GDP growth forecast in the macroeconomic assumptions while the nominal GDP growth rate was ...