In the spotlight: the government action plan of the Prime Minister of Mali adopted
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Transitional Prime Minister Choguel Maïga during the inauguration of the President of the Malian transition Assimi Goïta, June 7, 2021. © AFP / ANNIE RISEMBERG
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"
The CNT approves the Government's Action Plan on Monday
", headlines
L'Essor
. “
During a marathon day of debates
” notes the newspaper, several members of the National Transition Council “
took the floor to react to the action plan
”: “
on the challenges linked to insecurity, education, justice, future elections
”, complete on its website
Studio Tamani
.
And if "
most of the members of the CNT initially appreciated the content of the Plan
", reports Studio Tamani, "
they also expressed reservations: some consider it"
too ambitious
"for the seven months which remain with the transition
". This,
Maliweb
underlines
, "
gives goosebumps to political parties
", which sees "
a desire to extend the transition beyond the time allowed
". But the Prime Minister wanted to reassure Monday, certifying, reports the
newspaper
, that the elections supposed to bring civilians back to power would take place as planned in February-March 2022: "
the timetable for the general elections was already published in April.
This chronogram will be maintained
”.
Remarks by Choguel Maïga “
also published by his services on social networks
”.
The National Council of the Transition in disagreement with the Prime Minister
The Prime Minister therefore wanted to be reassuring, but the members of the CNT were not necessarily: a member of the CNT who,
Maliweb
reports
, caused “a
lot of murmurs in the room
”: “
Mr. Prime Minister, I would like to know if the CNT that we are is legal and legitimate. If so, how and when did it become legal and legitimate
?
Maliweb recalls that when he was "
at the head of the June 5 movement, Choguel Maïga and his comrades initiated legal action to denounce the illegality and illegitimacy
" of the National Council for the Transition.
But, according to
L'Observateur Paalga
, "
the biggest question concerns the financing
" of the Prime Minister's plan, estimated at 2,050 billion CFA francs: "
When you know the state of public finances in a country like Mali, one wonders where poor Choguel will find this manna in such a short time
”.
"
It would have been more judicious
", estimates the Burkinabé daily newspaper, "
to limit oneself to seriously marking out the road which leads to the elections, while ensuring the proper functioning of the State and continuing the fight against terrorism with the armies of friendly countries.
".
In the DRC, continuation of the controversy over the appointment of the president of the Ceni
This weekend the Catholic Church was the target of several attacks: against churches in Mbuji-Mayi, in Kasai Oriental and the residence of Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo in Kinshasa.
7 sur 7
reports the reaction of the Cenco, the National Episcopal Conference of Congo, which sees in its acts "
a great setback on the road to the rule of law
" and asks "the
faithful Catholic Christians and defenders of democracy to do not react violently
”. "
The Prime Minister stepped up to the
plate on Monday to castigate the attacks
", reports
Cas-Info
: "
Sama Lukonde insists that these uncivil acts have no place in the DRC
".
The Burkinabé daily
Le Pays
recalls the reason for these attacks: the Democratic Republic of the Congo must find a new president for the Ceni, the Independent National Electoral Commission, that is the role of the various religious denominations. Problem: six out of eight have chosen Denis Kadima, but the Catholic and Protestant churches oppose it, because they consider him "
too close to the presidential camp
" explains the French Catholic daily
La Croix
. "
It did not take more
", writes
Le Pays
, "
to provoke the ire of a few zealous thurifarians of power who for several months have been engaged in the desecration of places belonging to the Catholic Church.
in total indifference not to say accomplice of the authorities
”.
The
Forum des as
denounces for its part a "
spirit of blocking
", each religious camp remaining on its positions.
And if the deputies "
accept the position of six religious denominations
", that would provoke "
a holy anger of Catholics and Protestants
", which "
would not bode well for the serenity to surround the electoral cycle
", underlines the newspaper.
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