Senegal's President Sall looks to next year's polls

Significance

The new body is part of President Macky Sall's agenda of constitutional reforms ahead of parliamentary elections in 2017 and the presidential vote in 2019.

Impacts

• The reduced presidential term will only take effect from 2019 -- a breach of Sall's promise to cut his current mandate to five years.
• Still, Sall's constitutional reforms should strengthen Senegalese democracy.
• Senegal is fundamentally stable, with a solid and increasingly diverse economic base.