Mauritania: resignation of the government
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani in January 2020. REGIS DUVIGNAU / POOL / AFP
Text by: Guillaume Thibault
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Mauritania woke up without a government.
Prime Minister Mohamed Ould Bilal presented his resignation and that of his government to the Head of State, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, this Tuesday, March 29, 2022. No statement to the press was made following this resignation which could partly be explained by the harsh criticism of the President of the Republic.
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It was at 8 p.m. on Tuesday evening that the announcement of the resignation of the Prime Minister and his government was made official by the Mauritanian Press Agency.
"
I thank the President of the Republic for the confidence he has placed
in me ", simply indicated Mohamed Ould Bilal.
If the disappearance of Mauritanian nationals in Mali
and the tensions over Western Sahara have marked recent news, the local media mainly point to the tensions between the Head of State and the now ex-Prime Minister.
Last week, President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani once again harshly criticized the work of the government, calling on it "
to endeavor to fulfill its duty
".
For the Head of State, the involvement of ministers was not sufficient: “
Most ministries suffer from a lack of mechanisms aimed at solving citizens' problems, this is unacceptable
.
»
A political observer adds, this Wednesday, the lack of results in the fight against corruption, presented as the number one project of the former Prime Minister, the blocking of political dialogue and the soaring prices a few days before the start of Ramadan. .
So many breaking points between the two strong men of Mauritania.
President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has therefore decided.
Mohamed Ould Bilal had been Prime Minister
since August 2020
.
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