Vol 65 No 20 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
Sometimes Bourgi's mask of honour and probity slips as when he remarks on his advice to the elderly President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal and his son Karim Wade to keep the old man out of the 2012 election and give up the attempt to finesse for himself a third term of office (AC Vol 52 No 13 One day son)...
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In 2012 it was the run-off ballot that delivered victory for Macky Sall even though he was then the popular hero challenging an ageing President Abdoulaye Wade who had persuaded the Constitutional Council to let him seek a third term...
The last-minute endorsement of Faye by former president Abdoulaye Wade a Mouride and his son Karim – disqualified from the election – probably contributed to the Touba result...
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After Sall the biggest losers from this U-turn are Karim Wade son of the former President Abdoulaye Wade and the PDS...
Coulibaly had blamed Wade for serial budget overshoots on the giant infrastructure projects that he oversaw as a multi-portfolio minister under his father President Abdoulaye Wade (AC Vol 49 No 5 The Wade summit)...
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Karim Wade the son of former Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade was also declared ineligible for the ballot...
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Also disqualified is Karim Wade son of former president Abdoulaye Wade because of his dual French nationality – which he only surrendered last October too late for Senegal's electoral deadline...
Senegalese also learned from a speech on social media that the other beneficiary of the national dialogue amnesty deal – Karim Wade son of former president Abdoulaye Wade – is to join the election campaign...
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The move clears the way for former mayor of Dakar Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade the son of former President Abdoulaye Wade to stand...
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It could increase the chances of Khalifa Sall former Dakar mayor and Karim Wade son of former president Abdoulaye Wade who stand to pick up Sonko's support...
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Just-concluded National Dialogue talks saw the government accept constitutional changes to permit former Dakar mayor Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade the son of ex-president Abdoulaye Wade to stand...