Senegalese Leader, Wade, Registers for Presidential Race

25 January 2012

SENEGAL's President Abdoulaye Wade has filed his candidacy in February polls with the Constitutional Council, which will rule on its validity on Friday, the prime minister has said.

'We are optimistic as to the (application's) admissibility. It meets all the requirements of the law,' said Prime Minister Souleymane Ndene Ndiaye, who is also Wade's campaign director, quoted by the Senegalese Press Agency (APS).

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