It stays unclear when the federal government will set a brand new election date as ordered by the Constitutional Courtroom.
Senegal’s President Macky Sall has mentioned that he’ll finish his time period in April as anticipated, however didn’t give a brand new date for the presidential election initially scheduled for Sunday.
Sall, who’s wrapping up two phrases in workplace and who has mentioned he wouldn’t run once more, postponed the election until December citing unresolved disputes over who might run. However his transfer was struck down by Senegal’s Constitutional Courtroom as unlawful.
“On April 2, 2024, my mission ends on the head of Senegal,” the president mentioned throughout a televised interview on Thursday, seemingly ending suspicions that he may stay in workplace longer than anticipated.
“So far as the date is worried, we’ll see what the dialogue comes up with,” he added. “The election may be held earlier than or after April 2.”
It stays unclear if a brand new president may very well be elected earlier than that date.
The Constitutional Courtroom ordered the federal government to set a brand new election date as quickly as potential and Sall has promised to conform however a date has not been set but.
Sall mentioned on Thursday that he would maintain talks subsequent week with political leaders, and afterwards a timeline for elections and what is going to occur after his mandate ends will change into clearer.
“It’s clear that the nation can’t stay with out a president. The dialogue will decide what occurs subsequent and I hope that after this dialogue there can be a consensus,” he mentioned.
Senegal has been seen as one in every of West Africa’s most secure democracies, however disputes over the election have plunged the nation right into a political disaster that has sparked lethal protests. At the least three folks have been killed by safety forces and dozens injured.
Opposition teams are conserving stress on Sall to carry elections rapidly, planning protests all through the weekend. Sall has been accused of attempting to carry onto energy, one thing the president has denied.
