A few hours before the start of the electoral campaign in Senegal, President Macky Sall announced on Saturday February 3 a postponement sine die of the presidential election of February 25, 2024. The deputies meet this February 5 in plenary at the National Assembly to debate and vote on the draft constitutional law which proposes in particular the postponement of this election for six months. To decipher the Senegalese political situation of the last 48 hours, special edition of RFI.
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THE Senegal entered a period of turbulence after the postponement sine die on February 3, 2024 of the presidential election and the arrest of opponents who came to protest on February 4 against this decision.
A few hours before a vote in the National Assembly on the postponement of the election, many questions are still unanswered: when will the vote take place? What will happen on April 2, the date on which Macky Sall’s mandate officially ends? Did the country’s president have the right to postpone the vote so close to the deadline? Will the national dialogue he promised be able to take place while the opposition is up in arms against this postponement?
To come back to this situation, in duplex with Nathalie Amar during our special edition this Monday (7:30 a.m.-8:00 a.m. UT):
– Omar YoumMinister of the Armed Forces, former chief of staff of President Macky Sall and former president of the parliamentary group of the ruling coalition Benno Bokk Yakaar.
– Guy Marius Sagnadeputy of the coalition group Yewwi Askan Wi, member of the African Patriots of Senegal for work, ethics and fraternity (Pastef).
– Madior Syllaspokesperson for the Karim 2024 coalition which supports Karim Wade, of the Senegalese Democratic Party.
– Thierno Alassane Sallfounding member of the Alliance for the Republic (APR), former Minister of Energy.
– Léa-Lisa WesterhoffRFI correspondent in Dakar.
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