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Melissa Chemam with RFI

UNBELIEVABLE: Senegal s opposition denounces constitutional coup after election postponement - The Untold Story

A demonstrator holds a placard reading "Macky dictator" during a rally called by Senegal's new opposition coalition "F24 Movement of Vital Forces" to demand the release of detained Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and all political prisoners in Dakar, on 27 October 2023. AFP - CARMEN ABD ALI

Senegal's opposition Tuesday denounced a "constitutional coup" after parliament voted to delay the presidential election by 10 months, plunging the country into its worst crisis in decades.

Lawmakers backed postponing this month's polls until 15 December during a lengthy and heated debate, which at times descended into shoving and pushing.

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