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===2012 election for third term===
{{main|2012 Senegalese presidential election}}
In July 2008, the National Assembly approved a constitutional amendment increasing the length of the presidential term to seven years, as it was prior to the adoption of the 2001 constitution. This extension would not apply to Wade's 2007–2012 term, but Minister of Justice [[Madické Niang]] stressed on this occasion that Wade could potentially run for re-election in 2012 if he was still healthy.<ref>
Wade, during a 14 July 2011 speech to supporters, used the [[Wolof language]] "''Ma waxoon waxeet''" ("I said it, I (can) take it back") in explaining his decision to go back on his 2007 pledge not to run for another term.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sudonline.sn/-ma-waxoon-waxeet---une-glissade-ou-un--style-politique-_a_4159.html |title="Ma waxoon waxeet": une glissade ou un style politique? |publisher=Sud Online |date=February 8, 2011 |access-date=October 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816041438/http://www.sudonline.sn/-ma-waxoon-waxeet---une-glissade-ou-un--style-politique-_a_4159.html |archive-date=August 16, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> The phrase subsequently became a popular rallying cry for the anti-Wade opposition.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sudonline.sn/moustapha-niasse-et-tanor-dieng-face-a-l-histoire-et-a-leur-peuple-feront-ils-honneur-ou-honte-a-nos-attentes_a_5314.html |title=Moustapha Niasse et Tanor Dieng face à l'histoire et à leur peuple, feront-ils honneur ou honte à nos attentes? |publisher=Sud Online |date=October 25, 2011 |access-date=October 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027230026/http://www.sudonline.sn/moustapha-niasse-et-tanor-dieng-face-a-l-histoire-et-a-leur-peuple-feront-ils-honneur-ou-honte-a-nos-attentes_a_5314.html |archive-date=October 27, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.seneweb.com/news/Societe/laquo-ma-waxoon-waxeet-raquo-l-rsquo-expression-qui-fait-tendance-a-dakar_n_48274.html|title="Ma Waxoon, Waxeet", l'expression qui fait tendance à Dakar|website=Seneweb.com|date=July 18, 2011|access-date=October 30, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.abidjan.net/h/405964.html|title=Mouvement "Y en a marre" au Sénégal: Tiken Jah les a inspires|work=L'expression (Abidjan)|date=July 28, 2011|access-date=October 31, 2011}}</ref>
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