Senegalese President Macky Sall, commenting on the decision to postpone the elections, said in an interview with British media that he had nothing to apologize for because he had done nothing wrong and only acted according to the law.
"I have no apology to make because I did nothing wrong [...] All the actions that have been taken have been within the framework of the law and the regulations. No legal or judicial institution in Senegal has questioned or cast any doubt on the sincerity of the actions that have been taken," Sall said.
In the interview, the president reiterated that he will leave office on April 2, regardless of the election results.
Senegalese will go to the polls on Sunday to vote for their president.
In early February, the leader of the West African nation revoked a decree to convene an electoral council on February 25, meaning that presidential elections will not be held on that date.
In mid-February, the Senegalese Constitutional Court annulled Sall's decree on rescheduling the presidential election. The ruling called the law on the postponement of the election "unconstitutional."
Sall himself is not seeking reelection. The ruling party's candidate is former Prime Minister Amadou Ba, who was dismissed by the president along with the government in early March.