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I have been in Senegal as part of the ECOWAS Election Observation Mission led by Professor Ibrahim Gambari and the story of the 2024 polls is a pleasing one. The Senegalese people have the capacity to throw out ruling presidents when they derail. In other words, they understand the theory of democracy.March Senegalese presidential election, the 44-year-old candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye was in jail together with his mentor, friend and party leader Ousmane Sonko.
Faye’s clear first round victory was a shock to the ruling party. Sonko’s party was only a decade old and was considered a small party in the Senegalese political landscape. The election, which took place after a last-minute postponement and a whirlwind campaign cut from 21 to 12 days so that it could hold before Sall’s term ends on 2April, was shrouded in uncertainty.
In his victory speech, Faye promised to focus on political healing following the acrimony generated by President Sall’s reckless judicial and physical attacks on his political opponents, getting over 60 people killed while demonstrating against his scheming and jailing over one thousand people for participating in demonstrations. He promised to govern with humility and transparency, the opposite of Macky Sall’s traits.
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