APA-Dakar (Senegal) Senegal’s president-elect has been receiving congratulatory messages from several African and world leaders since his victory was confirmed.
The President of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, offered his ‘sincere congratulations’ to President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his election to the presidency of Senegal.
The Chadian diplomat expressed his “best wishes for the success of Mr. Diomaye Faye in his crucial mission to strengthen a peaceful, stable and inclusive democracy that fosters shared prosperity.”
Mahamat emphasised the unanimous support of the entire Senegalese political class for the results of the presidential elections, underlining the respect and responsibility of the political and social players.
He noted that this exemplary attitude confirms the solid anchoring of democratic traditions in this country, considered to be a beacon of democracy in Africa.
Last Wednesday, the National Commission for the Counting of Votes, headed by the First President of the Court of Appeal, Amady Diouf, announced the provisional results of the presidential election of 24
March, confirming the victory of the candidate of the Diomaye for President Coalition with a score of 54.28 percent of valid votes cast, followed by Amadou Ba, candidate of Benno Bokk Yaakaar (United in
Hope, in Wolof), who obtained 35.79 percent.
Pending confirmation of these results by the Constitutional Council, Bassirou Diomaye Faye was received at the palace by Macky Sall on Thursday.
The meeting, which took place in the presence of Ousmane Sonko, leader of the former PASTEF (dissolved for calling for insurrection), was intended to discuss priority issues as well as the logistical details of the swearing-in and handover ceremony scheduled for 2 April.
Congratulated by a number of African and world leaders, Bassirou Diomaye Faye gave assurances in his first speech on Monday that Senegal would honour its commitments to its international partners.
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