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Senegal: Presidential Candidates Unite in Call for New Election Date

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  • #Mali
Senegal: Presidential Candidates Unite in Call for New Election Date
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FEB 2024
Image copyright: Xaume Olleros/Stringer/Getty Images Europe via Getty Images
story last updated FEB 2024

The Spin

Narrative A

Following the country's Constitutional Council's disqualification of prominent candidates over failures to meet the requirements for candidacy, occurred a disagreement over the list of eligible candidates, necessitating the postponement of the election. Additionally, an opposition party in the National Assembly, not the president, proposed the postponement. The Senegalese president has already made it clear that he does not seek a third term, and his commitment to hold the elections as soon as possible suggests that he will stick to his pledge.

Al Jazeera

Narrative B

The Senegalese president's unprecedented decision to postpone the presidential elections was illegal and has plunged the country into a constitutional crisis. Macky Sall's crackdown on the protests and his attempt to delay the transfer of power amounted to an institutional coup and damaged Senegal's reputation as a democratic model for West Africa. All remaining political prisoners must immediately be released and the government must now enter into talks with the opposition to set a concrete election date before April 2.

Africanews

Metaculus Prediction


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