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National Assembly Vice President Amadou Ba spoke to the press to denounce the recently adopted amnesty law, which he considers favorable to the outgoing authorities. According to him, Senegal cannot condone "the right to kill, to torture, much less barbarity and bloody crimes," which, in his view, this law makes possible.
Amadou Ba asserted that this measure is not intended to protect Pastef activists, but rather those who instigate violence and abuses. "They will pay for all these crimes, and it is the interpretation of the law that we have proposed that will allow this. That is why we did not opt for repeal," he declared.
A law in contradiction with Senegal's international commitments
According to him, the first article of the law, which grants amnesty to all criminal offenses related to protests or with political motivations between March 2021 and February 2024, contravenes Senegal's international commitments. "Our country has signed international conventions against torture, and these acts cannot therefore be amnestied, as that would go against our own Constitution," he stressed.
Amadou Ba insisted on the need for the victims' families to know the truth and believed that a class action lawsuit could tarnish Senegal's image on the international stage. "That is why we proposed an interpretation of the law so that justice can do its work," he added.
Finally, he rejects the idea that this law protects Pastef activists, believing that they were arrested and convicted on the basis of empty files. "This law was designed to protect the authorities in place, not the activists. We are comfortable with the idea of repeal, but we must be clear: interpretation is the only solution," concluded the Vice-President of the National Assembly.
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