Europe 1 with AFP 19:36, December 30, 2021

The participants in the "Assises nationale de la refondation", presented as the final phase of the consultations prior to the elections and the return of civilians to power in Mali, proposed Thursday in Bamako to extend the current transition from "six months to five year".

"The participants voted for the extension of the transition in order to be able to carry out structural institutional reforms and allow credible, fair and transparent elections. The deadlines set vary from six months to five years", indicates a document read at the end. of these Assises, in the presence of the head of the junta in power in Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta.

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