Macky Sall to address Senegal, as calls to set election date intensify

Senegalese President Macky Sall has assured he will address the nation on Thursday evening in a bid to quell rising anger over the delay in setting a new election date. The opposition says it will carry out a series of actions to make sure the poll is held before Sall’s mandate ends on 2 April.

President Macky Sall announced on Wednesday evening he would talk to the media on Thursday at 7pm GMT.

He’ll be live on the national broadcaster RTS, on iTV and on Seneweb for an hour, answering questions from journalists.

The country has been fallen into uncertainty since 3 February, and Sall’s unilateral decision to push back the polls originally set for 25 February.

The greater part in Parliament then voted to hold the election in December, a proposition which was highly opposed by the opposition and civil society.

Then the Constitutional Council cancelled the president’s decision altogether.