National Telescope national telescope newspaper
The President of Senegal, Macky Sall, has announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election scheduled for February 25.
The decision comes following a dispute between the National Assembly and the Constitutional Court over the rejection of candidates.
Sall, in an address to the nation on Friday, announced the suspension of the election just a few hours before the commencement of the official campaign.
According to him, he signed a decree abolishing a previous measure that set the date because lawmakers were investigating two Constitutional Council judges over their integrity in the election process.
“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 will be recalled that in November 2023, the president, who had earlier said he would hand over power in early April to the winner of the vote, signed a decree that set the election for February 25, with 20 candidates in the running but two major opposition figures excluded.
He equally selected his Prime Minister, Amadou Ba, as his would-be successor after revealing his intention not to run for a third term as president.
(Punch)
