Senegalese voters in Harlem, Brooklyn and the Bronx still had an hour left to vote in their home country’s national election on Sunday , when they heard the report that President Abdoulaye Wade had conceded defeat in his controversial bid for a third term.
A handful of Senegalese immigrants, gathered at a mosque in the Bronx, erupted in celebration around 5 p.m. when a caller from Senegal announded the news over the phone.
“Democracy has won,” said an excited Pape Baro, 59, an election observer representing Wade’s challenger — and now the presumptive president-elect — Macky Sall.
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| Senegalese election workers at Harlem's bureau three tally the votes shortly after 6 p.m. on Sunday. More than 5,000 Senagalese nationals in New York participated in their country's presidential election. |
A handful of Senegalese immigrants, gathered at a mosque in the Bronx, erupted in celebration around 5 p.m. when a caller from Senegal announded the news over the phone.
“Democracy has won,” said an excited Pape Baro, 59, an election observer representing Wade’s challenger — and now the presumptive president-elect — Macky Sall.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/senegalese-nationals-harlem-brooklyn-bronx-turn-vote-home-country-election-article-1.1053158#ixzz1qccJjNH2
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