Presidential election in Senegal: the AU, the EU and the United States welcome the holding of the vote at the end of March. The presidential election, perhaps the most open in the contemporary history of the West African country, will pit the 19 candidates selected by the Constitutional Council against each other.
The campaign will begin on Saturday and end on Friday March 22, largely during the Muslim month of fasting. It will be shorter than the 21 days prescribed by the electoral code. The decision to set the election for March 24, while a "national dialogue" convened by President Sall and largely supported his cause recommended the date of June 2, "reflects the rooting and resilience of democracy in Senegal"