Opposition cries foul ahead of elections

The opposition in Senegal has accused the ruling Parti Socialiste of printing illegal voter’s cards ahead of February’s presidential elections, AFP reported. An umbrella group of 18 parties told a press conference on Wednesday that cards printed abroad “do not conform” to the law. They called for the resignation of Interior Minister Lamin Cisse over the affair. Cisse said that the cards were printed abroad for “reasons of transparency” since they could not be copied or falsified. He added that the local order had been retained in case the foreign order could not be finished on time and that the cards printed locally would be stored and destroyed. Opposition parties have frequently accused the PS, which has been in power since 1960, of fraudulently producing electoral documents during pre-election periods.