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| Africa Live: I have no apology for trying to delay Senegal polls: Sall - BBC News | |
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| Waihiga Mwaura | |
| BBC News, Dakar | |
| Senegal’s President Macky Sall has said that he had no regrets for his attempts to postpone elections that were due to be held last month, sparking deadly protests in the country. | |
| In an interview with the BBC, Mr Sall said that the decision to delay the vote was not taken unilaterally, but was due to electoral concerns raised by members of parliament. | |
| "I have no apology to make, I have done nothing wrong. I am speaking to you as president of the republic. All the actions that have been taken have been within the framework of the law and regulations," President Sall said. | |
| His plans to delay the polls, which led to violent clashes and political tension across the country, were eventually overturned by the country’s top court. | |
| The elections are due to be held on Sunday after a failed bid to push them to December. | |
| Critics had accused the president of trying to extend his stay in power. | |
| But Mr Sall insists that he will not stay a day longer even if Sunday’s vote presents no outright winner. | |
| Last week, the main opposition leader and one of Mr Sall’s fiercest critics Ousmane Sonko and his party’s presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye were released from prison under a presidential amnesty. | |
| President Sall denies that the charges against his rivals were politically motivated. | |
| He is standing down after serving two terms in office. | |
| His ruling coalition party Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) has picked 62-year-old Amadou Ba to run for the presidency. | |
| Read more on Senegal election crisis: | |
| 'We feel betrayed by President Macky Sall' | |
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