DAKAR, Senegal —
Senegalese President Macky Sall has postponed February 25 presidential elections in a decree introduced Saturday, citing controversies over the disqualification of some candidates and allegations of corruption in election-related instances.
Sall stated he signed a decree repealing the regulation that convened the electoral physique simply as campaigning was set to start in considered one of West Africa’s most steady democracies.
“These murky situations may critically hurt the credibility of the election by creating the seeds of pre- and post-electoral litigation,” the Senegalese chief stated, with out saying a brand new date for the vote.