The court stated that the Constitutional Council has jurisdiction over electoral matters and that the issue was not within its purview.

Previously, President Macky Sall had postponed the February election and attempted to push it back to December, resulting in protests and unrest.

The March 24 election is considered crucial following the crisis and fatalities caused by the previous election delay.

Hamza Soumboundou, a first-year applied arts student at Gaston Berger University in Saint-Louis, called for a new system from the next president.

He requested job creation, fighting corruption and injustice, agriculture development, and cancellation of foreign fishing agreements.

The university was affected by the political crisis leading to the delay of the February 25 presidential poll, resulting in two student deaths and injuries.

Protests at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar were more violent, resulting in one student death during grant payment clashes in 2018.