Civil or military transition for Mali?

The M5-RFP splits

A crowd gathered on Tuesday, September 8 on Independence Square in Bamako is calling for a transition led by the military.

MICHELE CATTANI / AFP

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The Malian junta now divides the M5-RFP (Movement of June 5 - Rally of Patriotic Forces), the protest movement which participated in the fall of the IBK regime.

The organization of the transition is the bone of contention.

Within the junta, some, but not all, openly want a soldier to lead it.

National consultations are scheduled for Thursday, September 10.

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With our correspondent in Bamako, 

Within the M5, there are now those who openly want a civil transition in Mali.

Among them, a movement that expresses it clearly on its Facebook page in a shocking manner.

On the page we recognize the faces of junta officers, and in the background we can listen to a reggae tune by the Ivorian artist Tiken Jah Fakoly.

The message from these M5 members is unambiguous: a civilian as transitional president.

But the “Malikoura” movement, a founding member of M5, is not of this opinion.

"

", affirms Tahirou Bah, member of "Malikoura".

The soldiers are watching carefully.

They are waiting for the

which begin this Thursday in Bamako to take the national temperature on the subject.

But already, they have probably appreciated that this Tuesday, that the crowd gathered and framed on the Independence Square in Bamako is calling for a transition led by men in khaki attire.

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