Mali: the CMA maintains the pressure on the junta around the Algiers agreement

The head of the Malian junta, Colonel Assimi Goïta, has become the vice-president of Bah N'Daw, who is leading the transition in Mali.

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A meeting between the junta and the CMA, which seeks to obtain guarantees on the implementation of the Algiers peace agreement of 2015 by the transition team, took place on Wednesday.

If it does not obtain satisfaction, the Coalition of Azawad Movements has indicated that it will refuse to sit on the National Transitional Council.

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From our special correspondent in Bamako,

It was " 

 ", according to CMA spokesperson Almou Ag Mohamed.

During this exchange with four officials of the junta, it was agreed to set up a technical commission which must work from Thursday to see how to respond to the

by the CMA.

The Coalition of Azawad Movements calls in particular for a more explicit reference to the Algiers agreement in the preamble to the transition charter.

Currently, it is written in this preamble that the charter is based " 

" of 1992. For the CMA, it is imperative to add here that it is also based on the Algiers agreement, which for them complete the Constitution.

Its representatives also want the application of this agreement to appear clearly in the objectives of the transition roadmap.

Monday evening, in his speech to the nation, on the eve of the

of independence,

pledged to implement this agreement but for the CMA this is not enough: we need safeguards .

If it does not succeed, the CMA has indicated that it will refuse to sit on the National Transitional Council, its legislative body.

A concern also expressed by Algeria.

On two occasions, the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs has come to Bamako since the coup d'état to push in this direction.

Consultations continue

On the other hand, another major meeting is expected in Mali.

Goodluck Jonathan, the ECOWAS mediator, is expected this Wednesday in Bamako.

The mediator's mission is to assess whether the conditions are met for a lifting of ECOWAS sanctions.

The stakes of this visit are high because

and ECOWAS has threatened to tighten it up if it does not get what it asks for, namely a civilian president and prime minister.

During the independence ceremonies, Assimi Goïta pleaded for a lifting of these sanctions, believing that he had responded to ECOWAS demands.

But concretely, the Prime Minister is still missing and it is on this point that ECOWAS wants to be reassured.

The European chanceries also sent a message to the junta: " 

 ", slips a diplomatic source, in reference to the double "civil-military" hat of President Bah N'Daw.

It will be in a way " 

 ", explains this source on the " 

 " of the junta not to keep all the levers of power.

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