By RFIPosted on 30-08-2019Modified on 30-08-2019 at 13:15
After the end of the protests that paralyzed the road Bamako-Kayes, Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cisse began Thursday, August 29, a field trip to five localities in the region of Kayes. Thursday, in Diema, he made a commitment: in two weeks, the construction of the road will begin. An announcement hailed by the people, but at the same time in Bamako, the anti-corruption platform in Mali met the press, to say that if the roads are so degraded, it is also because of corruption.
The Platform against corruption and unemployment in Mali (PLCC) has made the observation. It is in all the country that the roads are degraded according to Clément Dembélé, its president: " It is not only the stretch Kati until Kayes, it is everywhere in Mali. We have a national budget of 2 000 billion CFA francs, but we are not able to make roads. That means we can not do a meter, without falling into a hole. "
One of the causes, the corruption, he estimates: " When you look at a road whose thickness should be about ten to twelve centimeters, you put a thin layer that is barely a centimeter. We just want to scratch, it means that the whole chain is corrupt. Which makes it fall on the heads of the people. "
And to obtain the construction of paved roads , the platform has its strategy: " Today, corruption has reached such a level! What needs to be done is that we have to put the political pressure on today. You know, the problem of Mali is a problem of political will. Mali is under international infusion, but it is not a poor country. It is a country that is poorly managed. "
He added that complaints will also be filed in court.
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