By Senegalese President Macky Sall has postponed the presidential elections scheduled for February 25, citing controversies over the disqualification of some candidates and allegations of corruption in election-related cases.
Senegalese President Macky Sall has announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election scheduled for February 25, just hours before official campaigning was due to start.
In an address to the nation on Saturday, Sall said he signed a decree abolishing a previous measure that set the date, because lawmakers were investigating 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 decision comes following a dispute between the National Assembly and the Constitutional Court over the rejection of candidates.
A November 2023 decree signed by Sall set the election for February 25, with 20 candidates in the running but two major opposition figures excluded.
Sall had repeatedly said he would hand over power in early April to the winner of the vote.
