By REUTERS
DAKAR - President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal has withdrawn a proposed change to the election after listening to the concerns of the country's donors and population, a government spokesman said on Thursday.Spokesman Serigne Mbacke Ndiaye said Wade had decided that no one could be elected in the first round without 50 percent of the votes, reversing a proposal to reduce the threshold to 25 percent.Clashes broke out earlier on Thursday around parliament where the matter was due to be debated.
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