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Karamba
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 Posted - 27 Jan 2012 : 23:50:39
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In Senegal, it emerged that the candidature of Youssou Ndour has been turned down by the powers that be.
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kobo
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Posted - 28 Jan 2012 : 09:32:35
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SENEWEB TRANSLATED NEWS 28 JANUARY 2012;
"A policeman killed in an opposition demonstration in Dakar
Dakar, 28 January (APS) - A policeman was killed in the clashes that erupted Friday in Dakar, after the publication of the list of candidates for president, learned of the APS Commissioner Central Dakar, Arona Sy.
Fode Ndiaye, between 19 and 20, was killed in Colobane, says Sy.
The opposition protested in this district, against the acceptance by the Constitutional Council, the candidacy of incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade for the February 26 presidential election.
Senegalese police has dispersed, the square of the Obelisk (Colobane), hundreds of demonstrators from the opposition and civil society and wounded a reporter, after the Constitutional Council validated the application of Abdoulaye Wade, elected in March 2000 and reelected in February 2007.
The protesters erected barricades in several neighborhoods of Dakar and burned tires and other objects to block the passage through the streets of downtown.
Many leaders of M-23 had threatened to protest outside the Palace of the Republic if the Constitutional Court validated the application of Abdoulaye Wade, who was elected in March 2000 and reelected in February 2007.
At the announcement of the validation of this application by the radios, Youth M-23 stormed the podium to push their leaders to visit the Palace of the Republic as promised.
In addition to the application of Abdoulaye Wade, the judges selected those of Macky Sall, Idrissa Seck, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Moustapha Niasse, Cheikh Bamba Dieye, Doudou Ndoye, Ousmane Tanor Dieng, Diouma Diakhaté, Amsatou Sow Sidibé, Mor Dieng, Doudou Ndoye, Djibril Ngom, Ibrahima Fall and Oumar Dia Khassimou.
Applications from Youssou Ndour, Keba Keinde Abdourahmane Sarr and are declared inadmissible.
The head of state, Abdoulaye Wade, called Friday night's opponents who challenge his candidacy on''light''basis to accept the verdict of the Constitutional Council, so that everyone goes to elections.
The local delegation of the European Union (EU)''is closely monitoring the electoral process and noted the publication by the Constitutional Council, the list of candidates for the presidential election.''
The EU has called in a statement received at the APS, all candidates''challenging the validity of the decision to use the remedies provided by the electoral law.'' ''It calls on all political forces to avoid any decision and act of violence likely to interfere with the exercise of voting rights of Senegalese citizens in accordance with the deadlines, and maintain a climate of peace.''
The Embassy of the United States called on all Senegalese to respect the decision of the Constitutional Council, following the publication of the list of presidential candidates from 26 February.
The U.S. Embassy in Senegal has urged all political parties''and Senegalese citizens to participate peacefully in the political process and to ensure that the next presidential election is free, fair, transparent and reflects the will of the people.''" |
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 28 Jan 2012 : 15:14:34
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SENEWEB TRANSLATED NEWS 28 JANUARY 2012;
"Dr. Sarr Abdourahmane surprised by the decision of the Constitutional Council and states that he filed an appeal
In a statement received SenewebNews, Dr. Sarr Adourahmane whose application was declared inadmissible by the Constitutional Council last night said he was "surprised by this decision" and "claims to have filed a number of signatures well above the advertised number of 10 000 ".
He also announced having filed an appeal at the Constitutional Council and expressed confidence that his application will be validated after verification." |
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 28 Jan 2012 : 16:04:52
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SENEWEB TRANSLATED NEWS 28 JANUARY 2012;
"Piccmi.com - Mr. Ndour, how did you welcome the deliberations of the Constitutional Council which declared inadmissible your application?
I received the news without surprise. I knew I was scared. Evidence, the power continues to attack me since I formalized my candidacy for president. They know I drain the world behind me, so they do everything to deviate from the race, but to no avail. I will campaign! Even the campaign manager of Abdoulaye Wade came to me saying things that are not Catholic. I have the majority and they will have a political answer. Say that one does not have enough signatures, it is anything. It has 100,000 members and that this is a problem with signatures is ridiculous. I just learned that the Minister of Interior and account checks. It is illegal and they will have a political answer. The wise men of the Constitutional Council had advantages, so it was expected that the candidacy of Wade would be validated. This application should not even reach the constitutional council, because it is invalid. If one reads the Constitution, the candidacy of Wade is invalid. He has no right to seek a third term. The Constitutional Council is responsible, along with the government so they have to bear all the consequences. The population is ready to resume his power in the true sense of the word, because it was a lease. This is a person who has asked to be bequeathed power. That is enough. Senegal is not a title deed to Wade. What governs us is the constitution. If the one who says is protecting the constitution, and is the violator, there is a problem? We are not surprised to see what is happening today and it will crescendo.
According to the deliberations of the "five wise men", you could not gather the 10,000 signatures required for the admissibility of your application ...
It makes me smile. I have 100 000 signatures in my possession. I put 13,000 signatures in my file when filing my application, so I'm well beyond the number required. I am in the majority in this country, there's no doubt. What they want then? But according to my information, it is the Interior Ministry that they have carried out the verification and counting of the signatures of my file, which is illegal. This shows that it is a political decision. The decision to declare my candidacy out of order has no legal basis." |
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 31 Jan 2012 : 03:45:48
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 31 Jan 2012 : 05:23:22
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ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY FROM SENEWEB TRANSLATED NEWS 30TH JANUARY 2012;
"Professor Ismail Fall Madior, Associate Public Law and Political Science, who said "not convinced" by the decision of the Constitutional Council which considered admissible the application of Wade, was initially considered surprising decision. For saying that "those with authority in the science of constitutional law were considered, the overwhelming majority, perhaps one or two exceptions, that the nomination of the President did not comply with the constitution. So we expected that the Constitutional Council just this application invalid, "he said on RFM, yesterday during the show" Grand Jury ". But delving into the history of the Board, he also believes that one can think that the decision was "not surprising". Because "there is always a suspicion about the Council constitution. So it appears as a court of which is like the tower of Pisa, tilted to one side, and that is power. " "But he hastens to clarify, the Board has not vacated the question of the constitutionality of the candidacy of Mr. Wade." For him, at this level, "the policy debate has not happened yet and that is occasionally used." However, he wondered why the board did not serve "a motivation of the thesis of the constitutionality of the candidacy of the incumbent president." This, "especially since it's an important question on which a nation waits for a response." Therefore, for him, "there is still one last round in the battle of application."
Also, Dr. Fall believes the board should not ignore "the legal declaration of President Wade in 2007," when he himself stated that he could not stand. "In constitutional law, it is estimated that the President of the Republic is considered one of the authentic interpreters of the constitution," he justifies his thesis. "The statement, the Presidential testimony on the meaning of these provisions is something that the Constitutional Council can not ignore," he concluded, while clarifying and Wade's candidacy "seems inconsistent with the constitution."
"A constitutional judge must also be attentive to the political society and to anticipate the future"
And with the popular excitement, Professor Fall also believes that the events and the popular excitement, "the Constitutional Council should not ignore them. It can not be ignored. A constitutional court must also be attentive to the political society and to anticipate the future. Because constitutional law is a law in which there are no legal considerations that influence and sometimes influence the judge's decision. " He was in despair, in addition, there is no Constitutional Council as a specialist in constitutional law. Similarly, Ishmael Madior Fall believes that "we could have found one Chairman of Constitutional Council, which has a better profile" that Cheikh Tidiane Diakhate remains a controversial man.
"The litigation of applications is what burned the Ivory Coast, Togo ..."
Playing with fire. This is what politicians are doing with the attempted invalidation of certain applications, especially those of Macky Sall, of Idrissa Seck. While those of Youssou Ndour and Abdourahmane Sarr were deemed inadmissible by the Constitutional Council. For many African countries have been burned with this issue. "In the history of Senegal, there has never been a contentious applications. And then it started. What burned the Ivory Coast, was the dispute of the candidacy of Ouattara on Ivoirité.
Which burned Togo, is the litigation of the application. We wanted to exclude Sylvanus Olympio. The first time, said he did not produce a medical certificate. It is excluded, the country burns. The second time they said he was not in good standing with the IRS, "said Professor Ismail Fall Madior. Much more emphasis on "the famous tax", on which the power of liberal Wade has to invalidate applications from Macky Sall, Idrissa Seck and Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, he insists: "When it comes to presidential elections, we should not exclude" . Must be "in the inclusion." And the sight of all these parameters, the constitutionalist view disappointment. "In reality, basically, I feel that Senegal back," laments Professor Ismail Fall Madior."
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