Publication Date:
Sun, 2011-07-24 01:20
They amassed at Place de l'Obelisque, just outside
Dakar's downtown district, to demand the departure of 85-year-old President
Abdoulaye Wade who is attempting to run for a third term. The constitution only
allows a president to serve for two terms, and Wade has angered the population
of this normally stable country on Africa's western coast by insisting on an
interpretation of the electoral code which would allow him to run again in
2012.
The protest marks the one-month anniversary of the massive June 23
demonstration which was the country's largest in recent memory and which
emboldened the opposition, raising hopes that an Arab Spring-style democracy
movement could spread south to sub-Saharan countries.
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