Senegal parliament debates election delay as police disperse Dakar protests • FRANCE 24 English
Some people protested setting up barricades in Dakar the sagales capital they converged heeding the call of some opposition candidates to express their anger at president makis Sal’s postponement of the presidential election police responded with teach president is violating the constitution in a very flagrant manner intention related to the
Opposition former prime minister Aminata T now our leading opposition leader was arrested while arriving at one protest she had condemned macki Sal’s decision to postpone the election as an unprecedented Democratic regression in a post on social media on Saturday s who is not running for another term Justified the postponement
Saying it was due to a dispute between the National Assembly and the Constitutional Court over the rejection of certain presidential candidates one opposition group will appeal the decision our parliamentary group will Lodge an appeal against the resolution with the Constitutional Council on Monday in other developments private
Broadcaster wal TV was taken off the air the communications Ministry said its coverage of the protests amounted to incitement to violence a sagales government spokesman speaking to France 24 said the protests were unauthorized today you can see people the opposition protesting even though they complain to the president about the
System of sponsorship for the presidential elections these are people who say one day the sponsorship system didn’t work the Constitutional Court didn’t do its job but then the next day they don’t want the election to be delayed even though that’s what they wanted to begin with opposition leaders and presidential
Candidates have lined up to denounce Sal’s move under sagal’s election code at least 80 days must pass between the publication of the decree setting the date for the vote and the election itself
Riot police fired tear gas to break up crowds trying to gather outside Senegal’s parliament on Monday (February 5) to protest against the president’s postponement of elections over the weekend.
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10 comments
😢😢😢😢😢the démocratie sénégalais is dead😢😢
This is a coup by the president
French propoganda for again colonialism for senegal
This is symbol of Western democracy.. They will be blind now..few month back Senagal vowed to attack Niger with the help of west for militarycoup. 😮😮What a tragedy… Shameless west
Where is ECOWAS are they waiting for orders from Macroni
Where is ECOWAS?
The would is getting more chaotic
Macky sall the whole world knows is a liar's
Macky is just taking order from his master in elyse palace
Macky Sally did the right thing here to make sure the election will be fair