Four months after his heart attack, Choguel Maïga received by Colonel Assimi Goïta
Malian Prime Minister of Transition, Choguel Maïga, in New York, September 26, 2021. © AFP - KENA BETANCUR
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Nearly four months after the stroke that took him away from the prime ministership, Malian Prime Minister Choguel Maïga is back.
At least, he organized his public return on Friday.
He was received by the President of the transition, Colonel Assimi Goïta, and he addressed Mali.
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With our regional correspondent,
Serge Daniel
Prime Minister Choguel Maïga's day began on the heights of Bamako, seat of the presidential palace.
He met Colonel Assimi Goïta on the spot.
Dressed in a traditional ensemble, the few images and photos broadcast by the state press showed him smiling in the company of the President of the Transition.
After a medical retreat of a few months, the President of the transition, His Excellency Col @GoitaAssimi, Head of State, received Dr. Choguel Kokala MAÏGA, Prime Minister, Head of Government, this Friday.
pic.twitter.com/ucif06rEhk
— Presidency Mali (@PresidenceMali) November 25, 2022
Then, he went to the prime minister's office to greet his collaborators and to register his address at the national.
In his intervention, He gives news of his health: “
By the grace of Allah, after
three months of absence
, I am back among you in possession of my physical and intellectual abilities.
Choguel Maïga then quickly gets on his high horse, recalling what he believes characterizes the action of the Malian junta: refoundation, sovereignty, and free choice of Mali's strategic partners.
Two prime ministers
Back on the political scene, Choguel Maïga has not yet found the chair of head of government.
The decree appointing
the interim prime minister
has not yet been repealed.
For the moment, Mali has two prime ministers.
One on paper, the other exercising the fullness of the function.
According to our information, the President of the transition Assimi Goïta should soon decide.
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