Senegal Constitutional Council finds election delay unlawful

In Dakar, Senegal, on Feb. 9, 2024, demonstrators protest President Macky Sall's decision to postpone the presidential vote scheduled for Feb. 25.[VOA]

Senegal's Constitutional Council on Thursday ruled that parliament's unprecedented postponement of the February 25 presidential vote was not in line with the constitution, pitching the country into a new phase of electoral uncertainty.

Opposition presidential candidates and lawmakers last week filed several legal challenges to the bill that delayed the vote to December and extended President Macky Sall's mandate in what critics said amounted to an institutional coup.