2023-12-23 14:18:51
Senegalese opponent Karim Wade, 55 years old, son and former minister of ex-president Abdoulaye Wade (2000-2012), filed his candidacy for the February 2024 presidential election on the night of Friday December 22 to Saturday December 23 , announced his representative. “We have just submitted the declaration of candidacy of our brother Karim Meïssa Wade”declared Maguette Sy, leaving the Constitutional Council.
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“I am happy to announce that my candidacy for the presidential election on February 25 was submitted today to the Constitutional Council. One more step, together, towards a better future for Senegal”wrote, for his part, the opponent onwho lives in exile.
His political party, the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), has designated Karim Wade as its candidate for the February 25 presidential election, a designation he has accepted for a long time. But questions remain about the legal implications of Mr. Wade’s long-standing conviction and his ability to return to the country.
Karim Wade was sentenced in 2015 to six years in prison for illicit enrichment. Detained for more than three years, he was pardoned in 2016 by the president, Macky Sall, and has since lived in exile, Qatar being commonly cited as one of his places of residence. His conviction prevented him from being a candidate in the 2019 presidential election, won by Macky Sall.
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The National Assembly voted, in August, a law making Karim Wade eligible as well as another opposition figure and former mayor of Dakar, Khalifa Sall, following a political dialogue at the initiative of President Sall and boycotted by part of the opposition. Khalifa Sall, who is not related to the president, was convicted in 2018 of forgery and fraud, and sentenced to five years in prison. Imprisoned in 2017, he regained his freedom in 2019 after also benefiting from a presidential pardon.
More than 200 candidates have been declared for the presidential election.
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