The leaders of the coup in Mali announced that a transitional president will be installed for the country, who will be a civilian or a military one, and that he will preside over a board of administration for the country within a period of 9 months. On the other hand, the neighboring countries adhered to the return of President Ibrahim Keita - who was ousted by the coup - to his post, and announced that they would send a high-level delegation to Mali to ensure the return of the constitutional situation in the country.
"We will form a transitional council with a transitional president, who will be military or civilian. We are in contact with civil society, the opposition parties, the majority and everyone, to try to arrange the transition," said the spokesman for the putschists, Colonel Ismail Waghi - in a television interview today. The National Committee for the Rescue of the People - which was formed by the leaders of the coup today - added that the Transitional Council includes 6 soldiers and 18 civilians, and continued that it would play the role of the transitional legislative body, provided that the president of the council would be elected by its members.
The committee stated that the head of the transitional council will assume the positions of head of state and leader of the transitional phase.
According to the same statement, a national unity government will be formed that includes 15 ministers, and none of the members of the Transitional Council is entitled to run in the upcoming elections (presidential, legislative and referendum) scheduled to take place in April 2021.
Colonel Asimi Guetta announced himself yesterday as the leader of the military coup led by 5 army officers, after widespread protests by the opposition against the rule of President Ibrahim Keita (75 years). The putschists pledged to complete a civilian political transition and to hold elections "within reasonable dates." Tuesday's coup is the second coup in Mali in eight years.
The putschists arrested Keita, along with his prime minister, Bobo Sisi, and the country's top civilian and military officials, including Defense Minister Brahima Dembele and Parliament Speaker Moussa Tempain. After hours of detention at a base near the capital, Bamako, Keita was forced to announce his resignation and dissolve Parliament and the government on Wednesday morning.
ECOWAS Group
Waghi’s talk about the installation of a transitional president came after the neighboring countries of Mali - the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) - announced today their adherence to the return of President Keita to his post, and their decision - following an exceptional summit meeting via video of the leaders of the group’s countries - to send a high-level delegation immediately. , To ensure the return of constitutional order in Mali.
At the conclusion of the summit, Nigerian President Mohamed Issoufou, who chairs the ECOWAS group, said that the group “will hold discussions in Mali, and military government officials have learned that the time for controlling power by force has ended in our region.
Yesterday, Wednesday, the ECOWAS group suspended Mali's membership in its decision-making bodies, and closed the borders of the group's member states with Bamako.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari stated that the ECOWAS delegation will be led by his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, and Reuters quoted diplomatic sources earlier that the delegation will include 5 of the heads of state of the group.
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Financial opposition
The ECOWAS group proposed the formation of a national unity government that includes representatives of the financial opposition. This was rejected by the financial opposition represented by the "June 5 coalition" that led the protests in the country in the past months to demand the resignation of President Keita.
The coalition spokesman Nohom Togo said - in a press conference today - that the latter is working with the military who have assumed power, and described the sanctions of the ECOWAS group as an excessive reaction caused by the fears of some of its leaders that the coup would lead to political unrest in their countries.
The coalition - which was demanding Keita’s departure - saluted what he called the military intervention that “came to complete the march of the Malian people and their aspirations for a democratic, civil and secular state,” and urged the international community to look at the Mali issue away from the logic of sanctions, and called for a demonstration on Friday to confirm the people's demands Financial.
Since last June, tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Bamako, demanding Keita to resign, citing his failures to address the deteriorating security situation and corruption.