By RFIPosted on 16-12-2019Changed on 16-12-2019 at 09:11
Former President Amadou Toumani Touré has returned to Mali for good. Victim of a coup in March 2012, he had left Mali for a long exile in Senegal. The former president was greeted this Sunday, December 15 by a large crowd.
" I came to welcome the president who is back to the fold, " says a supporter of the former president, Amadou Toumani Touré dit ATT. As on his arrival at the airport, several hundred supporters stormed the private home of the former president of Mali.
"An exemplary president", for his supporters
" He was an exemplary president for Mali, he knows Mali better, more than anyone, " said another supporter. In the living room of his private residence, he is dressed in a magnificent boubou of blue color, rather good-looking, he is very brief , he does not want to speak for the moment. Not far from him his wife MLobo and one of his daughters Mabou. The courtyard of his home is always full.
" He is the father of Malian democracy, dedicated, he taught us to love each other, " said another supporter before being interrupted by another support from the former president. " Without ATT, there is no Mali, it is ATT the solution ". According to those around him, the former president will no longer do politics in Mali.
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