{"id":147340,"date":"2024-02-04T11:18:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T11:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/04\/ecowas-bemoans-senegals-decision-to-postpone-presidential-elections\/"},"modified":"2024-02-04T11:18:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T11:18:38","slug":"ecowas-bemoans-senegals-decision-to-postpone-presidential-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/04\/ecowas-bemoans-senegals-decision-to-postpone-presidential-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"ECOWAS bemoans Senegal&#8217;s decision to postpone presidential elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has expressed concerns about Senegalese authorities\u2019 decision to postpone their presidential elections, which were scheduled for February 25, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal\u2019s President Macky Sall, in a televised address to the Senegalese nationals on Saturday, indefinitely postponed the presidential elections, citing a dispute over the candidate list [electoral roll]<\/p>\n<p>President Sall\u2019s announcement follows the exclusion of some opposition candidates\u2019 names from the candidate list by the Constitutional Council in January.<\/p>\n<p>The decision by the Constitutional Council has brought the electoral process into disrepute, hence forcing the president who envisages free and fair elections to cancel the scheduled date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will initiate an open national dialogue to bring together the conditions for a free, transparent and inclusive election in a peaceful and reconciled Senegal,\u201d President Sall said.<\/p>\n<p>In a communiqu\u00e9 issued by the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States on February 3, 2024 in Abuja-Nigeria, it decried the circumstances that led to the postponement of the elections.<\/p>\n<p>ECOWAS Commission appealed to Senegal\u2019s authorities to expedite processes to set a new date for the elections, urging the entire political class to prioritize dialogue and collaboration for transparent, inclusive and credible elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission of the Economic Community of West African States takes note of the decision that the Senegalese authorities have taken to postpone the presidential elections scheduled to take place on 25 February 2024. The ECOWAS Commission expresses concern over the circumstances that have led to the postponement of the elections and appeals to the competent authorities to expedite the various processes in order to set a new date for the elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ECOWAS Commission applauded the outgoing President Macky Sall for sticking to his earlier decision not to seek re-elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1015527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ECOWAS-COMMUNIQUE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1275\" height=\"1606\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<p>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/p>\n<p>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU: <strong>https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No spam, just the stories that truly matter! \ud83c\udf10\ud83d\udcf0 #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has expressed concerns about Senegalese authorities\u2019 decision to postpone their presidential elections, which were scheduled for February 25, 2024. Senegal\u2019s President Macky Sall, in a televised address to the Senegalese nationals on Saturday, indefinitely postponed the presidential elections, citing a dispute over the candidate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ECOWAS bemoans Senegal&#039;s decision to postpone presidential elections - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/04\/ecowas-bemoans-senegals-decision-to-postpone-presidential-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ECOWAS bemoans Senegal&#039;s decision to postpone presidential elections - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has expressed concerns about Senegalese authorities\u2019 decision to postpone their presidential elections, which were scheduled for February 25, 2024. 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