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Dakar, July 13 (APS) – President of the Republic Macky Sall should not be involved in the rejection of Karim Wade's application for registration on the electoral lists, as the electoral code states that he "can not being still less eligible '', following his conviction to six years in prison for unlawful enrichment in March 2015, supports Seydou Gueye.
Speaking Friday at a press briefing, and to pay a fine of CFA 138 billion provisions of the electoral code
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The facts against Karim Wade "are constant and the conviction of the judge has resulted in a prison sentence that does not was not erased by the "presidential pardon" he received in June 2016, said the national spokesman for the Alliance for the Republic (APR), in power in Dakar Friday during a press briefing.
"Karim Wade knows better than anyone that by following the provisions of Article L31 of the Electoral Code, he can not be a voter even less eligible when we do not come to mix the President of the Republic to this case, "he said.
Bernard Casimir Demba Cissé, Director of Training and Communication at the Directorate General of Elections, announced Monday, June 2, during a press briefing that the application for registration on the electoral rolls of Karim Wade had been rejected on the assessment of the competent services on the basis of Article L131 of the Electoral Code.
This stipulates: "Persons not convicted of a crime, those sentenced to a term of imprisonment without a suspended sentence one month with a fine for one of the following offenses: theft, fraud, breach of trust, drug trafficking, embezzlement and subtraction by public officials, bribery and trading in influence, counterfeiting, and in general, for one of the offenses punishable by more than 5 years' imprisonment (..) "
Mr. Wade, who held several portfolios under the presidency of his father Abdoulaye Wade, was sentenced to six years in prison for unlawful enrichment and fined CFAF 138 billion.
The Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) of which Karim Wade is the declared candidate for the presidential election of February 2019 does not hear it that way, which ensures that no electoral consultation will be held without the son of the former president Abdoulaye Wade.
Karim Wade "has lost none of his rights" and is even "definitely inscribed" on the electoral rolls, said the leaders of the PDS, who announce from July 13 "a series of demonstrations" for to be heard.
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