Senegal President Macky Sall on Saturday designated Prime Minister Amadou Ba as the ruling party’s candidate for the 2024 presidential elections, presidential and governmental sources said.
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Sall, who took power in 2012 and was re-elected in 2019, announced in July after months of political uncertainty that he would not seek a third term to sidestep potential constitutional issues.
His party gave him the option of choosing his preferred successor.
A presidential spokesman confirmed Sall was putting forward 62-year-old Ba, head of government since September 2022.
Ba had been seen as a favourite among a field of around a dozen potential candidates from the Sall camp.
The Benno Bokk Yakaar governmental coalition published pictures of Ba on social media as its candidate, presenting him as “a coherent choice for a first round victory.”
His designation followed a televised meeting of coalition leaders with Sall at the presidential palace.
(AFP)
This story originally appeared on France24
