The President of Senegal, Macky Sall, has announced the indefinite postponement of the presidential election scheduled for February 25, just hours before official campaigning was due to start.
Sall, in an address to the nation on Saturday, February 3, 2024, said he signed a decree abolishing a previous measure that set the date as lawmakers investigate two Constitutional Council judges whose integrity in the election process has been questioned.
“I will begin an open national dialogue to bring together the conditions for a free, transparent, and inclusive election,” Sall added without giving a new date.
It is the first time a Senegalese presidential election has been postponed.
The announcement to postpone the Senegalese presidential election has come on the eve of the election campaign, prompted by concerns about the integrity of the electoral process and an ongoing parliamentary commission investigating two judges from the Constitutional Council.
President Sall, in an unprecedented move, revoked the earlier decree setting the election for February 25, citing a commitment to an open national dialogue to ensure conditions for a free, transparent, and inclusive election.
The delay has sparked uncertainty in Senegal’s political landscape, raising questions about the electoral process and the fate of disqualified opposition candidates like Ousmane Sonko and Karim Wade.
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