President Macky Sall has announced that he will not be a candidate for re-election in 2024
While his opponents informed him of his intention to run for a third term, the leader in power since 2012 intends to make room for “leaders capable of pushing the country towards emergence.”
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Give up. Senegalese President Macky Sall announced on Monday, July 3, that he will not be a candidate for a third term in the presidential elections scheduled for February 2024. “Senegal is beyond me and is full of leaders capable of propelling the country towards its emergence”He said during a speech to the nation broadcast on public television, thus ending a state of suspense that lasted for several months.
The head of state has maintained ambiguity over his candidacy, while the country experienced its deadliest unrest in years at the start of June, leaving at least 16 people dead. His opponents loaned him the intention to run for a third term. Macky Sall was elected in 2012, re-elected in 2019, and revised the constitution in 2016. It states No person may serve more than two consecutive terms.However, he made it clear that this does not concern him because he exercised his first term before the reform.
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