From Fiscal Fee to Tax Obligation: The Weight of Words in the 2025 Electoral Decree

Legal language is never neutral.

From Fiscal Fee to Tax Obligation: The Weight of Words in the 2025 Electoral Decree

Moniteur du 1er Décembre 2025

Legal language is never neutral. In legislative and regulatory texts, the words chosen reflect a conception of the legal order and shape citizens’ understanding of their rights and duties. In the 2025 Electoral Decree (Special Gazette No. 66 of December 1, 2025), the tax compliance of candidates for presidential, senatorial, legislative elections, etc., is expressed through the term “tax fees” (redevances fiscales). Although this choice may appear innocuous, it nonetheless calls for careful scrutiny, both

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