{"id":52577,"date":"2024-02-05T06:47:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T06:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/ecowas-appeals-to-senegalese-authorities-to-set-new-date-for-election"},"modified":"2024-02-05T07:18:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T07:18:51","slug":"ecowas-appeals-to-senegalese-authorities-to-set-new-date-for-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ecowas-appeals-to-senegalese-authorities-to-set-new-date-for-election","title":{"rendered":"ECOWAS Appeals To Senegalese Authorities To Set New Date For Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>In a Saturday night press release, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) appealed to the Senegalese authorities to expedite processes in order to set a new date for their presidential election.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission of the Economic Community of West African States takes note of the decision that the Senegalese authorities have taken to postpone the presidential elections scheduled to take place on 25 February 2024. The ECOWAS Commission expresses concern over the circumstances that have led to the postponement of the elections and appeals to the competent authorities to expedite the various processes in order to set a new date for the elections. The Commission further urges the entire political class to prioritize dialogue and collaboration for transparent, inclusive, and credible elections,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>The ECOWAS Commission expressed gratitude to President Macky Sall for maintaining his earlier decision not to run for another term and encouraged him to persist in defending and preserving Senegal\u2019s long-standing democratic tradition.<\/p>\n<p>While originally slated for February 25, 2024, the presidential elections in Senegal were indefinitely postponed following a decree issued by outgoing President Macky Sall on February 3. Photo caption: Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ECOWAS Chairman.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. In a Saturday night press release, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) appealed to the Senegalese authorities to expedite processes in order to set a new date for their presidential election. \u201cThe Commission of the Economic Community of West African States takes note of the decision that the Senegalese authorities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":52576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-52577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ECOWAS Appeals To Senegalese Authorities To Set New Date For Election - 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