Senegal’s Constitutional Council on Thursday overturned President Macky Sall’s decision to delay this month’s presidential election, ruling the move was unconstitutional. President Sall, who has served the two terms allowed under Senegalese law, ordered the election be postponed until December, triggering deadly protests and plunging the country into political turmoil as his opponents accused him of orchestrating a “constitutional coup.” Senegal’s Constitutional Council urged authorities to reschedule the vote “as soon as possible.”
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