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Why wasn’t Ousmane Sonko a candidate in Senegal’s 2024 presidential election?

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Ousmane Sonko was unable to stand in Senegal’s 2024 presidential election because the Constitutional Council rejected his candidacy. His PASTEF party had expected that might happen, so it had also selected Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the party’s secretary-general, to serve as its alternate candidate in the event that Sonko’s candidacy was blocked. Faye was approved as a candidate, and Sonko supported Faye’s presidential campaign. Faye was elected president in the March 24 election, and in April he appointed Sonko prime minister.