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DAKAR (AFP) - Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade said a referendum on a new constitution would again be postponed but gave no fixed date, according Senegalese press reports on Tuesday. The postponement is due to a clash with the holy month of Ramadan and the holding of general elections in the Ivory Coast on the same day. Senegal is 92% Muslim The referendum, initially set for November 27th, then postponed to December 10th, seeks a "semi-presidential" regime with a broadening of the prime minister's powers. But several political groupings, including parties in the government, have come out in favor of a parliamentary regime. "There is no point in complaining," said Wade, "the referendum has been postponed to between 15 days and one month." Hundreds of thousands of Senegalese live in that country and polling stations are set up for them in Ivory Coast during Senegalese elections. If passed by the referendum, the constitution will enable the president to dissolve the National Assembly, still currently dominated by the formerly ruling Socialist Party. |
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