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June elections proposed during Senegal dialogue to end political crisis

President Macky Sall has said he will step down by April 2 [File: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters]

A national dialogue panel in Senegal has proposed holding elections in early June, the first such proposal since President Macky Sall attempted to push the February 25 elections till December.

In early February, Sall, who is serving his second term and has said he would not run again, announced the postponement of the elections. But Senegal’s highest election authority, the Constitutional Council, rejected that move and ordered the government to set a new election date as soon as possible.

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