EU: Postponed Senegal election opens ‘period of uncertainty’
Al Jazeera
International community calls for new date and transparent polls after president announces indefinite delay.
The postponement of Senegal’s presidential election opens a “period of uncertainty”, the European Union has said, and the United States called for a swift new date for free polls ahead of opposition protests expected in the capital, Dakar.
“The European Union … calls on all actors to work … for the staging of a transparent, inclusive and credible election as soon as possible,” EU spokesperson Nabila Massrali said in a statement on Sunday.
On Saturday, Senegal’s President Macky Sall indefinitely postponed the election scheduled for February 25.
In a televised address to the nation, Sall announced he had cancelled the relevant electoral law, citing a dispute over the candidate list.
He said he signed a decree abolishing a November 2023 measure that had set the original election date, but did not give a new date.
