Le très prestigieux quotidien américain, le New-York Times vient de publier un article donnant le président Macky Sall vainqueur de l’élection du 24 février dès le premier tour. Le quotidien new-yorkais cite une source présente sur le terrain et le site sénégalais dakaractu pour affirmer que le président sortant, Macky Sall gagne dès le premier tour avec un taux de 58%. Le New-York Times précise que son autre source lui avait communiqué un taux plus important de 59,5% en faveur de Macky Sall et donc son élection dès le premier tour.
Si un quotidien aussi internationalement respecté que le New-York Times prend en référence un site sénégalais c’est bien parce dakaractu livre des informations crédibles. Tout à l’honneur de tous les membres de la rédaction, des collaborateurs extérieurs et de la direction.
Qu’ils reçoivent ici les félicitations de dakarposte.com
Et, comme disait l'autre:  "La reconnaissance du travail bien fait est une récompense souvent bien plus appréciée qu'un salaire"
 

Senegal President on Course for Strong Election Win: Media, Sources

By Reuters

• Feb. 26, 2019

DAKAR — Senegalese President Macky Sall is on course for a strong election victory, according to preliminary results from Sunday's vote provided by local media and a source inside the electoral commission on Tuesday, though opposition candidates have rejected the numbers.

Media website Dakaractu.com said that Sall had won over 58 percent of the vote based on preliminary data from polling stations, while the commission source said he won 59.5 percent.

Official results are expected later this week.

His closest rival, former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, won 20 percent, according to Dakaractu, with former tax inspector Ousmane Sonko receiving 16 percent.

A spokesperson for Idrissa Seck told Reuters that the provisional results were "entirely false", without giving his camp's numbers. A spokesperson for Sonko declined to comment.

 

The early figures will likely spark controversy. Sall's team declared him victor on Sunday, but the opposition said their results showed he had not won the required 50 percent of votes to avoid a run-off next month against a second-placed candidate.

Sall has won popularity for driving economic growth during his first term, building highways and an airport and widening the electricity grid. Yet the opposition and rights groups say he used his influence to bar major candidates from running in the election because of corruption convictions.

(Additional reporting by Juliette Jabkhiro; Writing by Edward McAllister; Editing by Angus MacSwan and Frances Kerry)