Senegal Elections: Sall Poised To Win Re-Election As Polls Open - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 24, 2019
Polls have opened in Senegal’s presidential election, the firstsince a 2016 referendum approved a cut in presidential mandates from seven tofive years.
At least 6.5 million Senegalese registered to take part in thepoll, which will be open from 08:00 o’clock in the morning to 6pm in theevening on Sunday.
The electoral commission has set up about 15,000 voting stationsacross the West African country of 15 million people.
President Macky Sall, who is seeking a second and final term inoffice, became the frontrunner after two of Senegal’s most well-knownopposition leaders were barred from running in the election.
The former mayor of the capital, Khalifa Sall, who is notrelated to the president, is serving a five-year jail term on corruptioncharges, while Karim Wade, son of the country’s former leader Abdoulaye Wade,has gone into exile in Qatar after serving half of a six-year jail term forcorruption.