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POLICY who understood well before us politicians the Company, Mohammad Saeidian said: “The
stakes of this fight.” 11th refinery of the South Pars Gas Complex
Senegal leaders call for understands why young people had taken (SPGC) is one of the newest refineries in
In his own address, Sall said he
the complex, which is now operating at full
calm as protests continue to the streets: “Because you don’t have a job, production tilt and has been able to make a
because you aspire to a better future.”
significant contribution to the production
Both Senegalese President Macky Sall and Protests, which have included the burning portfolio of SPGC.
opposition leader Ousmane Sonko urged calm of Auchan grocery stores, a French-owned Referring to the production and export of
Monday, after days of violent protests over chain, have called out broken promises by Sall products in this refinery, he said: “Since the
Sonko’s arrest left five people dead. and drawn attention to youth unemployment. beginning of the year, more than 13 thousand
Sonko, who was charged with rape, was “I maintain that Macky Sall “” what he is and 102 million cubic meters of gas have
ordered released Monday by a judge in doing to the people of Senegal is not what he been produced and processed in the facility
the capital, Dakar. Sonko has denied the promised for us,” Ousmane Ben Diedhiou, a and in the same period, more than 257,136
allegations, and many of his supporters student and protester in Dakar, said. tons of ethane has been sent to neighboring
believe they were invented to keep him off the all has not publicly acknowledged the petrochemical plants.”
presidential ticket in 2024. violence or theories that he was involved in The director of the 11th refinery of the
Addressing the nation for the first time framing Sonko for the rape charges. South Pars Gas Complex stated: “With the
since protests broke out, Sall announced the Sall defeated Sonko in the 2019 presidential efforts of the specialists and staff of this
easing of curfews that had been installed to elections to win a second term in office. refinery, since the beginning of this year,
quell the spread of the coronavirus. Those Sonko, 46, was the youngest person to run for 17,010 tons of granulated sulfur and nearly 12
protocols have been wildly unpopular among president in the country. Despite enthusiastic million barrels of gas condensate have been
workers in the informal economy. support from the younger population, he won produced.”
“I will use all the powers conferred on me just 16% of the vote. Saeidian pointed to other important
by my office to support a return to calm,” Sall Last month, an employee of a massage measures and achievements in this refinery
said. parlor in Dakar accused Sonko of rape - an this year, and said breaking the production
Some protests for Sonko’s release turned accusation he has denied and many of his record of 50 million cubic meters of gas per
into celebrations in the capital early Monday supporters believe was politically motivated. day, minimization of the refinery’s flaring,
when the judge’s decision was revealed. VOA NEWS commissioning and optimization of unit 108
But larger demonstrations near the city’s and reducing the delivery of acid gases to
center turned violent as protesters set a car flare stacks are some of the important and
on fire and police responded with tear gas. REFINING significant steps of this year.
Thousands of Sonko supporters marched in SHANA
the capital Monday. South Pars refinery 11 yields
The rape charge against Sonko remains FG holds summit on
and protests, which have ballooned to include 13bcm of gas
grievances about the economy and vaccine artisanal, modular
distribution, are expected to continue. The director of the 11th refinery of the South
Addressing a press conference after his Pars Gas Complex announced that since the refineries operations
release Monday, Sonko urged calm but called beginning of the current calendar year, which
for “larger protests” challenging the state. began on March 21, more than 13 billion Ahead of the next month passage of the
“This is not the fight for Ousmane Sonko,” cubic meters of gas has been produced and Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, by the National
he said. “We need to hear the message ... of the processed in the facility. Assembly, NASS, the Federal Government
people. We pay tribute to the young people According to the National Iranian Gas yesterday, declare its intention to host a

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