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Pape Alé Niang challenges Pastef deputies on amnesty law repeal
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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 If it is this amnesty law that prevents the manifestation of truth, logically it must be repealed for the manifestation of truth."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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