In Mali, the controversy over restrictions on freedoms, especially the press following the publication of a government statement on a state of emergency, seems to be subsiding. The Ministers of Communications and Territorial Administration met on Monday, December 21, the heads of press organizations who say they are calm today but are vigilant.
as reported from Bamako, Kaourou Magassa
A few minutes after the meeting with members of the government, Bandjougou Danté, President of the Union for Free Radio and Television in Mali, smiles at his organization’s premises. “We honestly thought it was coronavirus that was used to solve points.”
For Minister of Communications Hamadoun Touré, who can be reached by telephone, discussions are needed with the press sector in the framework of state of health. “We wanted to calm them down and explain to them everything we want to do. We want to prevent some ill-intentioned or uninformed people from talking on free radio and saying that this disease does not even exist. Which will not help the thing we are fighting for here today. ”
During the night, Mohammed Youssouf revived Bathily, known as Ras Bath, columnist for the TV wake-up channel, however, the fear of Bandjougou Danté. “What took him away we do not know, and we do not know where he was taken, our worries melt away.”
At present, no information about the arrest of RasBath and its possible reasons has been confirmed by the authorities.
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