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Pape Abdoulaye Touré challenges Macky Sall's claims on 'terrorist acts' and amnesty law
Pape Abdoulaye Touré has challenged former President Macky Sall's statements made during his bid for the UN Secretary-General position in New York. Touré refutes Sall's assertion that "terrorists" attempted to seize power violently, stating that the tensions originated from political distrust and the sidelining of figures like Karim Wade and Khalifa Sall, followed by accusations against Ousmane Sonko. He also highlights a perceived imbalance in justice, where ministers and general directors were implicated in embezzlement by control bodies without judicial follow-up, while citizens, activists, and opponents faced arbitrary arrests and detention. Touré, who was himself detained multiple times without valid reason, argues that these injustices led to the 2021-2024 protests, which he characterizes as reactions to injustice and poor governance, not attempts to seize power. Regarding the amnesty law, Touré states it was not a consensual popular demand, but rather met with strong opposition, including from the Pastef party, whose deputies did not vote for it. He claims the law was a unilateral decision by Sall's regime to ensure impunity for crimes such as murder, assassination, extrajudicial disappearance, inhumane treatment, and torture. Touré also asserts that Sall's suggestion for new authorities to abrogate the amnesty law for justice is manipulative, citing the principle of non-retroactivity of harsher penal laws. He emphasizes that crimes against humanity and torture cannot
