Top election authority overturns delay of February 25 Presidential Elections
Senegal's top election authority ruled as unconstitutional the postponement of a presidential election scheduled for February 25. teleSUR
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00:00 Senegal's top election authority ruled as unconstitutional the postponement of a presidential election scheduled for February 25th.
00:07 The nation's constitutional council cancelled President Maki Solt's decree through a
00:13 judgment approved by seven members of the electorate body.
00:18 The ruling also stated that the National Assembly's move on February 5th to reschedule the vote for
00:25 December 14th also was contrary to the constitution.
00:29 Opposition presidential candidates and lawmakers had filed a number of legal challenges to last week's
00:35 parliamentary bill, which also extended President Maki Solt's mandate in what critics said amounted to an
00:42 institutional cop. Solt, who has been in power since 2012, sparked uproar on February 3rd when he called off the
00:51 elections over disputes about the disqualification of potential candidates and concern about a repeat of the unrest seen in
00:58 2021 and 2023.
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