The National Transitional Council was installed this weekend in Mali. This is the last part of the transition to be carried out after the military coup on 18 August. The appointments show an undeniable success for the military, although many voices were raised in protest of the composition of this council, introduced by the transitional authorities.
The gap is large between the concert of protests that preceded the installation of CNT and the final table. CNSP soldiers, who performed the coup on 18 August, is still accused by a large part of Malia’s political, trade union and associative organizations, of having carried out its elections in an arbitrary, even authoritarian way, and of trying to militarize the transitional bodies.
However, most of these organizations have members in this council. Some officially represent their organization, others sit on it with the consent of their party or in their own name. At M5-RFP, for example, the movement that led the protest against former President IBK, we condemn the capture of the military transition and refuses to sit on CNT. However, several of its members have been appointed to it.
Since there are institutions there, and therefore our partners, we believe that we should not play the empty presidential policy.
Amion Guindo, Secretary General of the Mali Workers’ Union, a M5 member organization
Thirsty for a job, at any cost? Or the willingness, despite the conditions, to influence the transition without concessions? It is clear that it is with an overwhelming majority that the members of the Council have voted Colonel Malick Diaw at the time of the appointment of the President of the CNT, in a vote, however, by secret ballot. Of the 121 council members, 118 took part in the vote and 111 supported it.
We can talk about a victory for the ruling junta and Malick Diaw, because if people were really against him, they could have voted white or not abdicated, but that was not the case.
Brema Ely Dicko, sociologist at the University of Bamako and specialist in Malian politics
It remains to be seen in what atmosphere the work of the Council will take place, on issues as important as the reform of the electoral system and the Constitution of Malia or the organization of the next legislative and presidential elections, which will record the return of power to civilians. selected.
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