Demonstrations of opponents in Senegal are postponed after being banned by the government
The protest that was planned to take place today in Senegal to oppose the move by President Macky Sall of that country to postpone the presidential election, has been postponed after the government banned it.
The election of the President of Senegal was originally scheduled to take place this February; however, it has been postponed and will now take place in December. Elymane Haby Kae, one of the organizers of the protest, has said that he has received an official letter from the relevant authorities that the protest against the postponement of the presidential election has been banned because it would greatly disrupt transportation and cause traffic jams on the road. And Malick Diop, the organizer of the union that called the protest, said that they will postpone the protest because they want to respect the law. At the same time, the Ministry of Communications, Telephone Service and Digital Energy of Senegal has said that the ministry has today suspended mobile phone data due to the spread of several messages of hateful rebellion on social networks that have already provoked violence. President Sall's decision to postpone the presidential election, which was originally scheduled for February 25, plunged Senegal into crisis and political chaos, and three people have been killed following clashes between protesters and the police in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. President Macky Sall of Senegal The opposition in Senegal has strongly condemned the decision of the Parliament to postpone the presidential election for 10 months and called it a "constitutional coup." Likewise, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has asked the Senegalese government to restore the original election schedule as planned.
