{"id":182610,"date":"2016-01-18T16:03:35","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T16:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=182610"},"modified":"2016-01-18T16:03:35","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T16:03:35","slug":"senegal-president-macky-sall-seeks-shorter-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/senegal-president-macky-sall-seeks-shorter-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegal President seeks shorter terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Senegal&#8217;s President Macky Sall has proposed to cut his own term in office by two years.<\/p>\n<p>Changing the president&#8217;s mandate from seven to five years is part of several proposals for constitutional reforms which are to be put to a referendum.<\/p>\n<p>The president&#8217;s office say they are aiming to strengthen democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Several African presidents have recently done the opposite &#8211; changing constitutions to extend their time in power.<\/p>\n<p>The new constitution would not allow a president to run for more than two consecutive terms in office.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC&#8217;s Nadege Sinarinzi in Dakar says after reducing his term in office, Mr Sall is then expected to put himself forward for re-election in 2017 instead of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Other suggested amendments to the constitution include an upper age limit of 75 years.<\/p>\n<p>The date of the referendum is yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sall, 54, was elected in 2012, defeating the incumbent Abdoulaye Wade, who had controversially sought a third term in office.<\/p>\n<p>Term limit debate flares across Africa:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Rwanda held a referendum in December which voted overwhelmingly for the country&#8217;s current leader, Paul Kagame, to seek a third term and potentially stay in power until 2034.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">In October, a similar referendum has already made it legal for Denis Sassou Nguesso, in Congo-Brazzaville, to run again in 2016. He has been in power for 31 years. Protests against the constitution change were brutally repressed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Uganda&#8217;s Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power for nearly 30 years, is seeking re-election next month. Term limits were scrapped in 2005.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Burundi has been engulfed in months of protests since President Pierre Nkurunziza announced last April he would run for a third term. Hundreds have died, there has been an attempted coup and a rebel movement has formed.<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Elections are due in DR Congo this year but they may be postponed, enabling President Joseph Kabila to remain in office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senegal&#8217;s President Macky Sall has proposed to cut his own term in office by two years. Changing the president&#8217;s mandate from seven to five years is part of several proposals for constitutional reforms which are to be put to a referendum. The president&#8217;s office say they are aiming to strengthen democracy. 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