THIRD-TERM: Senegalese Opposition Has Called For Resistance Against President Abdoulaye Wade–Reports
New York [RR] DAKAR–President Abdoulaye Wade decision to run for the third time in Senegal’s presidential election slated for February 28, 2012 has angered the opposition group in purported “Africa’s most matured democracies”, RepublicReporters has learned.
According to Al-Jazeera, Senegal’s constitutional court in couple of hours ago has approved the decision by Abdoulaye Wade, the country’s president, to run for a third term despite the fact that the constitution was changed in 2000 – shortly after Wade took office – to limit presidents to just two terms”.
[PHOTO: Crisis breaks out in Senegal as Pres. Wade goes for 3rd Term...]
Sources say, “Wade argues that the law does not apply to him as it was not in effect when he was first elected and says he needs another three years to complete his projects. This has fuelled speculation that he is lining up his son Karim as his potential successor.
“The Senegalese opposition has responded by calling on the people to protest.
“A policeman was stoned to death in violent clashes in the capital, Dakar, on Friday as youths torched cars and shops, erected barricades and burnt tyres.
“Calm returned to Dakar over the weekend, but police in full riot gear and armed with tear gas, grenade launchers and truncheons have been deployed around the presidential palace.
Meanwhile, opposition parties, which have united under the June 23 Movement (M23), have vowed to continue “national resistance” and called the court’s decision a “constitutional coup”.
So is Senegal sliding into chaos?
Inside Story, with presenter Laura Kyle, discusses with guests: Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, a presidential candidate for the Citizen Political Movement Party and a leader of the M23 opposition movement; Amadou Sall, a spokesperson for Abdoulaye Wade, the current president; and Sylvain Touati, an expert on West Africa and an associate fellow at the French Institute for International Relations.
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