Mali: the work of the national consultation stumbles on the question of transition

Representatives of the CNSP, the junta in power in Mali, during a meeting with a delegation from ECOWAS, August 22 (illustrative image) ANNIE RISEMBERG / AFP

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In Mali, the days of national consultation continue, this Saturday, September 12 and will end at the end of the day.

They began Thursday, September 10 around the thorny question: what form for the transition?

Who will lead it?

A civilian?

Military ?

The five working groups, set up for the occasion, continue to report back to the Bamako International Conference Center.

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With our correspondent in Bamako,

Serge Daniel

In the largest room of the International Conference Center in the Malian capital Bamako, the rapporteur reports on the work of group 3. Among the proposals to lead the transition, " 

the principle of a military president was retained

 " , he said.

This is false, we did not do that as a proposal,

 " replied a young person in the room.

It is a real hustle and bustle that sets in with insults, threats and the police who try to intervene.

A tune-up is necessary to restart the work.

This is, for the moment, the subject of division.

However, the transition charter, which is currently being drafted, proposes that the junta appoint a civilian or a soldier to lead the transition.

Another subject during the restitution work which continues: that of the organs of the transition, the duration of the transition - twelve months for some, two years for others - and then, the government formed and obtained this time unanimity for create a monitoring body for political transition in Mali.

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: Consultations in Mali: the draft of the transition charter under debate

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