Dakar, 05 February, 2024 / 9:00 pm (ACI Africa).
The decision to postpone the general elections in Senegal, previously scheduled to take place on February 25, is difficult to comprehend, Archbishop Benjamin Ndiaye of the country’s Dakar Archdiocese has said.
Addressing journalists on the sidelines of the celebration of the 175th anniversary of the erection of St. Francis Xavier Joal-Fadiouth Parish of his Metropolitan See, Archbishop Ndiaye weighed in on President Macky Sall’s February 3 announcement.
Tension has been mounting in Senegal following the Constitutional Council’s decision to exclude several candidates from the election, including opposition figures Ousmane Sonko and Karim Wade.
In July 2023, President Sall announced that he would not be seeking re-election in the Presidential elections.
In the February 3 televised address, President Sall announced the postponement of the presidential elections, citing “controversies over the disqualification of some candidates and allegations of corruption in election-related cases,” Africa News reported.