Presidential election in Senegal: the Constitutional Council aligns with the date of March 24
This Thursday, March 7, the Senegalese Constitutional Council aligned itself with March 24 for the holding of the presidential election after having chosen a date different from that set by the presidency, it indicated in a press release.
Supporters of presidential candidate Anta Babacar demonstrate during a march in Dakar on March 2, 2024, against the new amnesty law.
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By: RFI with AFP
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Senegal
, the Constitutional Council had set the presidential election for March 31, a week after that decided by the presidency, in a decision rendered on Wednesday.
The Constitutional Council said in a press release, published the next day, Thursday March 7, that it had only “
compensated with the inertia of the administration
” by retaining March 31, and suggested that the executive had in the meantime remedied this state of affairs by issuing decrees summoning the electoral body on March 24.
The decrees taken by the president are "
in accordance with the requirement
" to organize the vote before the end of President Macky Sall's mandate on April 2, said the Constitutional Council.
With this adjustment, the Senegalese can see a way out of the crisis caused by the postponement of the election initially scheduled for February 25.
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