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Senegal’s Constitutional Council on Friday confirmed the presidential election victory of opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, paving the best way for his inauguration because the nation’s fifth president.
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The highest courtroom validated provisional outcomes introduced on Wednesday based mostly on vote tallies from 100% of polling stations, including that no objections had been raised by the opposite contenders.
Faye gained greater than 54% of votes in final Sunday’s delayed presidential ballot, with ruling coalition candidate Amadou Ba taking on 35%.
He’s anticipated to be sworn in to switch outgoing President Macky Sall on April 2.
Faye’s victory is the primary time a Senegalese opposition candidate gained the election within the first spherical since independence in 1960.
Earlier on Friday, the African Union (AU) congratulated Faye on his victory, hailing the “unanimous acceptance of the outcomes”.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, Reuters)
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