Following ECOWAS, the African Union decided to suspend Mali from its governing bodies. But the continental organization has not made any other decision to punish Mali’s new leader as the country awaits the appointment of the new prime minister.
Soldiers must “go back to their barracks.” The term had already been used after the first coup for the junta led by Colonel Assimi Goïta in August last year. This is in contrast to the tone used in Chad where 15 generals took control of the state after Idriss Déby’s death, without being interrupted by the African Union.
In Mali, the continental organization calls for a return to a democratic transition “unhindered, transparent and rapid” and threatens to “impose targeted sanctions and other punitive measures. The tone is firm, but this automatic shutdown in a coup does not really punish Mali’s new rulers. ECOWAS two days before it, shows the dissatisfaction of the African Union, but rejects the possibility of more concrete sanctions. Above all, she accepts that Colonel Assimi Goïta retains his new president as president and that he himself puts the country back on the trail of transition.
Looking forward to the new Prime Minister
In the wake of this announcement, the UN mission in Mali reiterated its commitment to work with ECOWAS and the African Union “with a view to returning to constitutional order”, but also the importance of respecting “the 18-month deadline agreed with ECOWAS” Before the next law Minusma also demanded the release of those still under house arrest, the former president and former prime minister, or held in Kati’s military camp.
Meanwhile, Mali is still without a prime minister, a week after Moctar Ouane and former president Bah N’Daw was deposited by the military junta led by Colonel Assimi Goïta, who has since declared himself president of the Malian transition. He promised the post of new prime minister to the M5 movement, which appointed his stallion, Choguel Maïga. The formalization of this meeting still waiting.
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