Protestors keep pressure on Senegal’s president to hold elections as soon as possible

By SAM MEDNICK
Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Protestors took the streets in Senegal’s capital Saturday to keep the pressure on President Mack Sall to hold elections quickly. Hundreds of people walked and biked through downtown Dakar chanting “Macky dictator” while others called for the liberation of opposition prisoners in jail. After the country’s top election authority overturned a decree by Sall to postpone the vote, Sall said would hold a presidential election as soon as possible. Sall in early February sought to postpone the Feb. 25 election citing unresolved disputes over who could run, and the National Assembly voted to reschedule it for Dec. 15. Security forces did not try to break up Saturday’s protest, which remained peaceful.