Thousands of Senegalese march in first authorised protest since election postponement • FRANCE 24

Respect for the Electoral calendar read the signs in Dhaka due to leave office on the 2nd of April president makis Sal’s postponement of Elections from February to December was branded unlawful by the Constitutional Council on Thursday the president said on Friday he would hold consultations to organize elections as soon as possible this

Without setting a date we want elections to be held before the 2nd of April the president has to go and on the 2nd of April he needs to be gone we want makis to respect the Constitution the Constitutional Court’s decision and to liberate Sagal on the 2nd of April Saturdays was the first

Protest to be authorized since the initial announcement and demonstrators turned out in their thousands I think it’s every Citizen’s duty to mobilize today and help preserve our Constitution and our rights previous protests were banned and three have been killed amid violent crackdowns after macki canell the February elections

Citing disputes over who could run 20 presidential candidates have been approved by the Constitutional Council but conspicuous by his absence is jailed opposition leader Usman sonko the Constitutional Court acknowledged in its decision on Friday that the 25th of February date would now no longer be feasible but called on the government to act

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Thousands on Saturday joined the first authorised protest in Senegal’s capital since President Macky Sall postponed elections for his successor, only for a top court to overturn his ruling.

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8 comments

  3. We are all here, awhole constitution is being DISRESPECTED and ECOWAS will never say anything about it. But if military wake up to overthrow civilian government, then ECOWAS will call for unnecessary mettings to bring sanctions and this make ecowas the most Useless body .

  8. The true problem is education. Was Mr Macky Sall actually voted into power?
    In most countries in Africa and the world, less than 40% of the population actually vote.
    The 'poor masses' vote with their emotions and not their brains. Studies show, the poor always keep voting for the same political party.

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