Senegal: Another blow for opposition

It was yet another blow for the Senegalese opposition yesterday when the Council of State legalised the distribution of legilsative seats in the country, a move vehemently challenged by the opposition Parti Socialiste (PS). Until it was dislodged from power by President Abdoulaye Wade’s ruling PDS in 2000, PS had been ruling Senegal since independence in 1960. The party captured third place in the last Presidential polls.