The Senegalese Constitutional Council aligned itself Thursday with March 24 for the holding of the presidential election after having chosen a date different from that set by the presidency, it indicated in a press release.
The Constitutional Council had set the presidential election for March 31, a week after that decided by the presidency, in a decision rendered on Wednesday.
The institution indicated in a press release that it had only
“compensated with the inertia of the administration”
by holding back March 31, and suggested that the executive had in the meantime remedied this state of affairs by taking decrees summoning the electoral body on the 24th.
The decrees taken by the president are
“in accordance with (the) requirement”
to organize the vote before the end of President Macky Sall's mandate on April 2, said the Constitutional Council.
With this adjustment, the Senegalese can see a way out of the crisis caused by the postponement of the election initially scheduled for February 25.