Highlights: The decision to hold the first round of the presidential election on March 24 was welcomed by the European Union and the African Union. The Europeans and the AU had planned to deploy an electoral observation mission and the project was relaunched. The European Union had planned an election observation mission for the original date of February 25 and it will be redeployed. A large part of the 32 observers deployed as precursors five weeks ago were kept in Senegal in order to observe the situation. They will serve as the backbone of the new observation mission which will have to be hard at work.

The decision to hold the first round of the presidential election on March 24 was welcomed by the European Union and the African Union. The Europeans and the AU had planned to deploy an observation mission…

Satisfaction of the international community following the evolution of the political situation in Senegal

The decision to hold the first round of the presidential election on March 24 was welcomed by the European Union and the African Union.

The Europeans and the AU had planned to deploy an electoral observation mission and the project was relaunched.

The headquarters of the African Union, in Addis Ababa, February 15, 2024. AFP - MICHELE SPATARI

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The African Union “

welcomes

” this “

peaceful outcome

”.

Moussa Faki, president of the AU Commission, even believes that the decision to set the election for March 24, while the national dialogue had advocated a later date, “

reflects the rooting and resilience of democracy in Senegal of which Africa has always been proud.

» The African Union intends to deploy an observation mission “

meet the challenges

”, the press release emphatically concludes.

Press release from the President of the Commission on the situation in Senegal: https://t.co/0WtUe0nNEt pic.twitter.com/4NkG93nzw5

— African Union (@_AfricanUnion) March 8, 2024

For its part, the European Union does not hide its relief following the setting of a new date for the presidential election in Senegal after having called for weeks for a “ transparent, inclusive”

election to be held as soon as possible.

and credible

,” reports

our correspondent in Brussels,

Pierre Benazet.

“

Democracy and the Senegalese rule of law, through the institutions that guarantee it, have demonstrated great resilience and responded to the aspirations of the Senegalese people for a rapid and transparent election

,” says Nabila Massralli, spokesperson for the European diplomatic service.

.
And therefore, in this regard, the European Union now calls on all institutional, political and civil society actors to commit to a peaceful electoral campaign and the holding of credible and transparent elections.

The European Union had planned an election observation mission for the original date of February 25 and it will be redeployed.

There is still some uncertainty as to its exact composition, but we know that a large part of the 32 observers deployed as precursors five weeks ago were kept in Senegal in order to observe the situation.

They will serve as the backbone of the new observation mission which will have to be hard at work

for the first round on March 24

“

Victory for the Senegalese people
”

Berlin believes that the conditions for a free and democratic election “

have finally been created.

» In the same vein, France judges that the decision to set the election for March 24 “

testifies to the strength of Senegalese democratic institutions.

» Finally, the United States is already describing this deadline as “a

victory for the Senegalese people, who have constantly demonstrated their respect for the country's impressive democratic tradition.

Satisfaction of the international community following the evolution of the political situation in Senegal

Satisfaction of the international community following the evolution of the political situation in Senegal

“

Victory for the Senegalese people
”

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