Ba, Faye steal limelight as Senegal election nears
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00:00 17 candidates are running for the presidency, but two men are stealing the limelight.
00:06 Besiru Domei Faye is the protégé of Maki Sall's prominent rival, Ousmane Sonko.
00:11 If elected Senegal's fifth president, Domei has promised to create regional economic hubs
00:16 and develop national sovereignty by boosting homegrown industry.
00:20 We trust Domei. He will help us so that young people stop crossing the sea to live abroad.
00:26 What they're looking for there, we have here. Senegal is rich, but we don't have good leadership.
00:32 Domei also plans to review the contracts signed with private companies,
00:37 poised to start exploiting Senegal's oil and gas reserves later this year.
00:41 While Amadou Ba, groomed to replace Maki Sall, was prime minister until earlier this month
00:46 and enjoys the status of continuity candidate.
00:50 Amadou Ba represents stability. Amadou Ba is the former prime minister of Senegal. He's a statesman.
00:57 Amadou Ba was the former minister of foreign affairs of Senegal.
01:01 Amadou Ba was the former minister of economy and finance of Senegal, so he knows the state.
01:06 That's why we're choosing Amadou Ba as the candidate to succeed President Maki Sall.
01:11 But while Maki Sall's legacy includes the development of regional train networks and electric buses,
01:16 he also drew weeks of mass protests after he announced the postponement of presidential elections,
01:22 something many saw as a stunt to prolong his term in office.
01:26 Campaigning ends at midnight on Saturday, and the seven million Senegalese voters will make their choice on Sunday.