It was the first meeting on Thursday in Bamako, between Malia’s Prime Minister Choguel Maïga and Malia’s entire political class. The main topic of discussion was the conditions for holding credible elections next year, in principle presidential and legislative elections, at the end of February 2022. The Prime Minister announces the establishment of a single body to organize the elections. .
as reported from Bamako, Serge Daniel
Prime Minister Choguel Maïga, surrounded by experts, announced his preference: the creation of a single body to organize future elections in Mali.
In the room, if some political parties are for, others are against and there are many of them. For some, the greatest risk is to extend the transition period. “We can not accept that they are taking advantage of the situation to prolong the transition, we are not ready to go in this direction,” said Amadou Diallo, PDES, the party for economic and social development.
But for other political parties in Malia, there is a risk of seeing the only electoral body once created taken by the military. “The soldiers, just as they have created a CNT without asking ourselves by opposing political parties, can also set up a single governing body without asking the opinion of the political parties and put there who they can, perhaps Colonel from base to top and give us a result that “we will not even be able to dispute it”, warns Alassane Aba of Codem (convergence of Mali development).
The debate over whether to create a single structure for the organization of future elections in Malia is probably not over.
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