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In an important development, Senegal’s parliament has passed a rule which will effectively restore the right of two key opposition figures to run in the country’s presidential election. The elections are due in February, next year
In an important development, Senegal’s parliament has passed a rule which will effectively restore the right of two key opposition figures to run in the country’s presidential election. The elections are due in February, next year. The rule clears any person who has been convicted but later either pardoned or get amnesty to run for office. The decision allows opposition heavyweights Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade to stand.
Sall, a former mayor of Dakar, and Wade, son of former president Abdoulaye Wade, have been considered for the presidential vote, due next year. Neither could run in the 2019 presidential election because of separate convictions on financial issues. But they may now be able to stand in next February’s poll. Member of the presidential majority, Yeya Diallo, praised the president’s efforts in bringing about the bill.
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Macky Sall is completing his second term in office and is ineligible to run again. The proposal was passed by 124 votes to one Member of Khalifa Sall’s party, MP and member of Taxawou Sénégal, Babacar Abba Mbaye said it was an important step forward. Analysts hail this decision as something that can build the fabric of democracy. Many observers hope the decision will help ease the tension being experienced in the country in recent months, as opposition figures have frequently complained of moves against them ahead of the presidential vote next year.
