DAKAR – SENEGALESE President Macky Sall on Saturday announced the postponement of the presidential election originally scheduled for Feb. 25.
The announcement was made in a message broadcast to the nation just a few hours before the start of the electoral campaign at midnight Sunday.
The National Assembly adopted a bill on Saturday to request the six-month postponement of the Feb. 25 presidential election.
Twenty candidates were cleared by the Constitutional Council to compete in the polls. President Macky Sall has decided not to run for a third term.
– Xinhua News