General Amadou Sanogon will not have waited long before speaking. The leader of the coup who fired President Amadou Toumani Touré on March 22, 2012, the former putchist is charged with murder and complicity in the assassination. But he has been free since mid-March after benefiting from a “law”. National agreement “. This weekend in Ségou, 260 kilometers north of Bamako, he spoke to his supporters. Despite denying it, he gave a speech with political connotations.
as reported from Bamako, Serge Daniel
Hood and white boubou, General Amadou Sanogo introduced himself to his followers in Ségou, without his commander he knew. He plays the one: “It’s time to forget our egos!” Let’s forget our personal considerations! ”
Then the oldest man in the Malian army talks about Grande Muette: “Anyone who thinks it is in his interest to divide his armies is wrong! We are a strong, Republican army in the service of the nation! This is where you have your salvation! ”
Political ambitions?
Even if he denies it, his speech becomes political: “If you have political ambitions, you will never be a politician without an armed force!”
If General Amadou Sanogo one day wants to openly play politics in Mali, he will by law be forced to resign from the army. His followers are eagerly awaiting this moment.
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