Showing posts with label Senegal; Presidential Term Limit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Senegal; Presidential Term Limit. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Senegal Votes To Limit Presidential Terms To Five Years

Polling station officials sit behind a ballot box during a referendum on constitutional reforms in Dakar on March 20, 2016 ©Seyllou (AFP)

Senegal has voted overwhelmingly in favour of limiting presidential terms to five years, the country's interior minister said Tuesday, after a weekend referendum widely seen as a test of the president's popularity.