He tells the BBC he won't apologise for attempting to delay the vote, a move that led to deadly protests.
Senegal's president has told the BBC he does not regret delaying this year's elections, a move that sparked deadly protests.
Critics accused Mr Sall of trying to stay on beyond his term of office, which the president denied. He argued that the delay was needed to resolve a dispute over the eligibility of presidential candidates."If it had not been for the National Assembly which passed the law, which referred it to me, there would not have been the postponement of the election," he said.
Mr Sall told the BBC that the recent unrest "shows that there was an information campaign targeting Senegal and its president", as there is "just one month" between the original election date and when the vote will now take place. Because of a conviction of immoral behaviour with a minor, he was barred from contesting and Mr Faye is standing in his place.But President Sall denied that the charges against his rivals were politically motivated.
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