Pape Abdoulaye Touré challenges Macky Sall's claims on 'terrorist acts' and amnesty law
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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
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Journalist Pape Alé Niang has responded to former President Macky Sall's comments regarding political violence between 2021 and 2024. Niang stated on social media platform X that Sall's remarks constitute a direct attack in the public debate. Macky Sall had said, "People know what happened. They wanted, taking advantage of a particular situation, to use violence to come to power. Which I could not accept as President of the Republic. The amnesty law made it possible to erase what happened and to free all those who were in prison so that they could participate in the elections." Pape Alé Niang views this reaction as a frontal attack, noting that victims of the violence continue to demand justice and clarification of the facts. He believes the amnesty law is now central to the search for truth. Niang added, "Victims demand justice. If it is this amnesty law that prevents the manifestation of truth, logically it must be repealed for the manifestation of truth." The journalist also called on parliamentary institutions to address the issue, concluding that the debate on amnesty must now be settled at an institutional level.
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