We expected it, finally, he officially did it: Ousmane Sonko submitted his candidacy file to the Constitutional Council. The Senegalese opponent, in prison since the end of last July, decided to bypass the Senegalese administration, including the General Directorate of Elections, which refuses him the issuance of sponsorship forms, among others. This a few hours before the end of candidacy submissions to the Constitutional Council.
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With our correspondent in Dakar, Birahim Touré
“ We have submitted our file to the Constitutional Council! »: these are the words of Ayib Daffé, representative of the opponent Ousmane Sonko, who however refuses to say whether it was he himself who carried out this act, kept secret since last Sunday.
In fact, even the journalists who stand idly in front of the headquarters of the Constitutional Council claim not to have seen Ousmane Sonko’s official representative nor to have received any reaction from him, as is always the case for journalists. other representatives when leaving the office of the Council Registry.
According to a source from the dissolved party, Pastef, an instruction was given to this effect.
A way of “ divert the attention of the central administration which even refused to accept our candidate’s deposit and sponsorship forms ”, according to our interlocutor.
The removal of Ousmane Sonko from the electoral lists by the Ministry of the Interior was recently canceled by the Dakar high court. State lawyers have announced an appeal to overturn this judgment. Which could keep him out of the presidential race on February 25, 2024.
All candidates in this election have until midnight this evening to submit their candidacy documents.
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