{"id":5058,"date":"2023-07-04T06:31:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T06:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/?p=5058"},"modified":"2023-07-04T06:40:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T06:40:57","slug":"senegal-president-macky-sall-says-he-wont-run-for-third-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/2023\/07\/04\/senegal-president-macky-sall-says-he-wont-run-for-third-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegal President Macky Sall says he Won’t Run for Third Term"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Senegal’s President Macky Sall has ruled out seeking re-election in 2024, ending widespread speculation that he would run for a third term.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The 2019 term was my second and last term,” he said in a televised address.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rumours he would try to extend his grip on power have fuelled unrest several times since 2021, with dozens killed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The opposition had called for fresh protests if Mr Sall decided to run again – which most legal experts say would have violated the constitution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In his address late on Monday, Mr Sall, 61, said: “There has been much speculation and commentary on my eventual candidature on this election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“My decision, carefully considered… is not to run as a candidate in the upcoming election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Senegal is more than me, and is full of capable leaders for the country’s development,” he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By BBC Senegal’s President Macky Sall has ruled out seeking re-election in 2024, ending widespread speculation that he would run for a third term. “The 2019 term was my second and last term,” he said in a televised address. Rumours he would try to extend his grip on power have fuelled unrest several times since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5058"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5066,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5058\/revisions\/5066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}