By Biran Gaye
The General Directorate of Elections (DGE) has revealed its preliminary list of candidates for the early legislative elections of November 17, 2024, marking a crucial step in the electoral process.
According to reports, of the 49 files submitted, 41 were accepted while 8 were rejected. The rejected candidates have 24 hours to contest this decision with the Constitutional Council before the publication of the final list.
Among the selected lists, there is a diversity of political formations that will compete to obtain seats in the new National Assembly.
The 41 applicants endorsed include AND LIGUEY SUNU REW, SENEGAAL KESE, RV NAATANGUE, UNION OF PATRIOTIC GROUPS, ALTERNATIVE POLE COALITION KIRAAY AK NATANGUE 3rd WAY, XAAL YOON COALITION, BUNT-BI CITIZEN UNION, JUBANTI SENEGAL, AND CI KOOLUTE NGUIR SENEGAL (AKS), ALSAR, NAFOORE SENEGAL COALITION, NATIONAL UNION FOR INTEGRATION, WORK AND EQUITY (UNITY), SAMM SA GAFAKA-SAMM SA ELLEG ACSIF, WAREEF COALITION, COALITION ACTIONS, UNION NAATALL KAAW-GUI (UNK), DUNDU LENEEN COALITION, THE MARCH OF THE ANDU-NAWLE TERRITORIES, THE NATIONALISTS JEL LINU MOOM, MANKOO LIGGEEYAL SENEGAAL COALITION (MLS), DEKKAL TERANGA COALITION, AND DOOLEL LIGUEY KAT YI, TOGETHER PARTY FOR SENEGAL (PEPS), COALITION AND BEESAL SENEGAL-ABS, GARAP-ADS PARTY, GOX YU BEES COALITION, SAMM SUNU REW REPUBLICAN COALITION, JOTALI KADDU ASKANWI, DEFAR SA GOKH COALITION, COALITION FEDERATION OF RENEWAL, JEF JEL ALLIANCE PARTY, PASTEF, ENTITY NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE FATHERLAND, FARLU COALITION, AND-SUXALI-PRODUCTION-TRANSPORT-AK-COMMMERCE-LAAP-FAL-JIKKO, PRIVATE SECTOR, DIAM AK NJARIN COALITION, SAMM SA KAADU COALITION, BES PARTY OF NIAKK, TAKKU WALLU SENEGAL (TWS), GREAT GATHERING OF ARTISANS OF SENEGAL, and COALITION SOPI SENEGAL.
According to reports, the director of electoral operations, Abdoul Aziz SARR, said that several lists of candidates for the legislative elections were rejected for various shortcomings.
These irregularities include, among others, failure to comply with parity and failure to pay the deposit, as well as other administrative errors.
He described certain errors as “substantial and material”, which could be corrected by the representatives of the lists concerned.
However, Abdoul Aziz SARR pointed out that other offences, such as “non-compliance with parity, the absence of a receipt or certificate of deposit with the Caisse de dépôt et des consignations, depositing beyond the legal deadlines or submitting an incomplete list”, are irreversible.
This selection represents a defining moment in the Senegalese political landscape, as the players prepare to fight to win the trust of voters. The rest of the process will depend on the possible appeals of the rejected candidates, which could influence the final composition of the lists. All eyes are now on the Constitutional Council, which will be responsible for deciding on the challenges in the coming hours.
