Senegal lawmakers will today examine a bill to extend President Macky Sall’s mandate until the next elections amid a proposal to postpone the February 25 polls for six months.
In an unprecedented move, Sall on Saturday delayed the polls indefinitely, following an outcry against the disqualification of opposition candidates.
Senegal should end the “uncertainty” created by President Macky Sall’s announcement that elections scheduled for later this month have been postponed indefinitely, France’s foreign ministry said on Sunday.
A vote should be held as “quickly as possible and in compliance with the rules of Senegalese democracy,” according to an emailed statement from the foreign ministry.
“The West African regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States, urged Sall to “continue to defend and protect Senegal’s longstanding democratic tradition”.
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