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Published on 2024-03-04 22:16:43
Introduced by President Macky Sall following tension observed after the postponement of the Presidential election, the Amnesty Bill will soon land in the plenary of the National Assembly.
Indeed, according to Deputy Cheikh Abdou Mbacké Bara Doli, who supports its approval, the plenary session is scheduled for Thursday, March 7, 2024.
It should be noted that the Law Committee of the National Assembly will meet on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at 9 a.m. to examine the bill.
It is worth mentioning that a proposal for an amnesty law was introduced in the National Assembly by Senegalese President Macky Sall. This law aims to automatically grant amnesty for all acts that could be classified as criminal or correctional offenses committed between February 1, 2021, and February 25, 2024, both in Senegal and abroad, related to demonstrations or politically motivated, including those disseminated through any means of communication, whether or not they have been subject to judgments.
According to this proposal, the amnesty would result in the total waiver of all principal, accessory, and complementary penalties, as well as the elimination of all disqualifications, exclusions, incapacities, and deprivations of rights related to the sentence, without the possibility of restoration. However, it would not affect the rights of third parties.
Furthermore, the proposal states that forced labor could not be imposed on the beneficiaries of the amnesty, except at the request of the victims of the offense or their beneficiaries.
Any disputes regarding the application of this amnesty law would be examined by the Chamber of Accusation of the Court of Appeal of Dakar, in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Finally, the proposal includes a strict prohibition for any magistrate or official to recall or allow to continue, in any form, in a judicial or police file, or in any official document, the convictions, disqualifications, exclusions, incapacities, and deprivations of rights erased by the amnesty, unless specific provisions apply. However, the minutes of judgments or rulings as well as decrees, orders, and decisions made within the framework of the civil service or national orders would not be subject to this prohibition when they are deposited in registries or the National Archives.
Read the original article(French) on Senegal Direct
