Senegal election: What next after block on President Macky Sall's bid to delay poll?

BBC West Africa correspondentPresident Macky Sall has pledged to organise presidential elections "as soon as possible" after the country's top court, the Constitutional Council, blocked his plans to postpone this month's polls until mid-December.

Some have argued that the current political uncertainty in Senegal started with the Constitutional Council's decision to exclude Mr Wade, and other opposition candidates, from the ballot. Senegalese people are proud of their country's reputation as a stable democracy and many felt betrayed by his decision., Senegal is seen by the international community as one of the few examples of a functioning democracy.President Macky Sall has been accused of rowing back on basic rights, including freedom of expression and assembly

If Senegal were to become another authoritarian state, many fear the instability that would ensue would threaten regional security at a time when Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, all run by military juntas, areAlthough this latest decision by the Constitutional Council has been welcomed by the opposition and activists alike, the court itself has not always been so popular.

Mr Sall's critics reminded him of those words in the past two weeks, saying that by delaying elections until the end of the year he had basically given himself a third term. A separate, earlier conviction against Mr Sonko led to widespread protests last summer in Senegal, where he is popular with young people who see him as an anti-establishment candidate.

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