Senegal on Wednesday announced that a delayed presidential election will be held on March 24, after a top court ruled that a proposal to hold the vote after April 2 was unconstitutional.<\/p>\n
President Macky Sall’s mandate expires on April 2.<\/p>\n
Originally scheduled for February 25, President Sall called off the exercise citing electoral disputes. He was immediately accused by the opposition of seeking to carry out a coup.<\/p>\n
His proposal to hold the election in December was the subject of deadly protests which rocked Senegal’s reputation as West Africa’s most stable democracy.<\/p>\n
A proposal from a national dialogue commission for the vote to be held on June 2 was rejected by the Constitutional court.<\/p>\n
Also on Wednesday, President Sall dissolved the government and replaced Prime Minister Amadou Ba, the presidency said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Ba is the ruling coalition’s presidential candidate.<\/p>\n
An amnesty law passed by parliament on Wednesday could see some opposition leaders and supporters detained on charges of unlawful assembly freed.<\/p>\n
But the timing of the election means that there is little chance jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko can make it to the ballot paper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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