Senegal's national dialogue commission will propose a delayed presidential election.
File Image: Supporters of Senegal's president Macky Sall march in support of him after the postponement of the February 25 presidential election and ahead of a national dialogue proposed by Sall, in Dakar, Senegal February 24, 2024.The West African nation, set to become an oil and gas producer by the end of the year, has been thrown into an unprecedented political crisis after Sall postponed the election initially scheduled for February 25.
The talks in the capital Dakar were boycotted by many of the opposition, some of whom want the vote to be held before Sall’s mandate expires on April 2. Paye said the commission agreed that early June was the most feasible time for the vote. “The month of May has a number of religious festivals, so the elections could not be held then,” he said.
It was not immediately clear how the opposition would respond to the proposed date. Its successful legal challenge of the original postponement led the top constitutional authority to rule the delay unlawful and ask Sall to find a new date as soon as possible. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies.
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