In what is considered a widening democratic concern in West Africa, President Macky Sall of Senegal has unilaterally postponed the country’s presidential election and cancelling relevant electoral law. The election originally scheduled for 25th February has now been postponed indefinitely. The decision comes after some candidates were disqualified by the courts, including candidate of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS’s) Wade and Rose Wardini, who is currently in jail. The West African regional bloc has expressed concern over the circumstances that led to the postponement and urging Sall to promptly announce a new date for the election. The President is not on the ballot, but his handpicked Prime Minister Amadou Ba is among 20 candidates vying to be the next President.
