When President Macky Sall announced in a televised address Monday that he would not seek a third term, democracy advocates and opposition supporters in the country celebrated.
Senegal's 61-year-old president said the country"is bigger than" he is and is"full of leaders equally capable of pushing the country toward emergence."
Violent protests rocked the West African nation for weeks following speculation that the president would seek a third term. Until Monday, Sall refused to confirm or deny whether he intended to seek reelection. "The opposition bloc has succeeded in utilizing socioeconomic grievances to sustain a nationwide protest movement against Sall's rule," Durmaz told VOA."The widespread protests convinced Sall that a third term would deepen polarization, undermine the country's democratic credentials and endanger the future of development projects.
"Senegal's democratic culture has been entrenched thanks to a well-organized civil society that has protected democratic norms from leaders trying to hold on to power," Durmaz said."This isn't the case in the likes of Cameroon, Tunisia or Equatorial Guinea as civil society is nonexistent or has been heavily suppressed."
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