Minister of the Interior Me Sidiki Kaba presented the findings from the national dialogue to President Macky Sall on Monday, March 4, 2024. The sessions were held in the Abdou Diouf International Conference Centre in Diamniadio (Cicad), about 30 km east of Dakar, according to APA.
“He (Sall) plans to contact the Constitutional Council to obtain its opinion on the date of the election and after April 2. The Head of State also saluted the Senegalese genius in overcoming difficulties,” according to the Senegalese presidency’s X/Twitter account.
Sall called this meeting on February 26 and 27, reportedly to allow Senegalese society to decide on a new date for the presidential election, the first round of which was originally slated for February 25, 2024.
Most opposition leaders and 15 of the 19 presidential hopefuls declined to participate, with some claiming the negotiations were merely for show.
After two days of deliberation, the participants advocated holding the presidential election on June 2, with the current president’s mandate extended until his successor takes office.
Sall, who has consistently told the media that his term as president expires on April 2, has stated that he intends to leave office at the end of his second and final mandate. The ball is now in the hands of the Constitutional Council, which must rule, among other things, on this issue and establish the best formula to save the country from experiencing a power vacuum.
