The National Assembly on Thursday, November 18 gave the first green light to the bill to ask for "
forgiveness
" and try to "
repair
" the damage suffered by the harkis and their families, with compensation that the opposition hoped would be wider.
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The text, voted on at first reading by 46 votes against 1 and 6 abstentions, is now awaited in the Senate.
Almost sixty years after the Algerian War, it is intended to be the legislative translation of a speech by Emmanuel Macron, who asked for “
forgiveness
” from those Algerians who fought alongside the French army, but who were “
abandoned
”
By France.