The Prime Minister appears this Thursday morning before the National Transitional Council, the legislative body of the transition, to present the results of his just over ten months as Prime Minister – he was appointed at the beginning of last June. Colonel Malick Diaw, president of the CNT, has firmly demanded accountability from the Prime Minister.
When he questioned Choguel Maïga at the beginning of the month, in front of the members of the CNT, during a speech rebroadcast in the state television newspaper, all of Mali noted the tone used by Colonel Malick Diaw. ” Malians want to know exactly the progress of the transition process and the detailed timetablehad then struck the president of the CNT, the ongoing exchanges with ECOWAS should in no way constitute a blocking factor in our rebuilding process. »
A rather harsh way of demanding accountability, which some have interpreted as the beginnings of a cowardice of the Prime Minister, many of whom, in the Malian political class and among Mali’s international partners, are demanding the head. This because of his deliberately provocative and even violent remarks, and his personality deemed ” divisive “. In recent weeks, rumors of a cabinet reshuffle have even circulated in political and media circles.
” These are speculations ” tempers a close collaborator of Colonel Malick Diaw, who recalls that the role of the CNT, as a legislative assembly of transition is to control the action of the government. ” The Prime Minister will have the opportunity to present his progress “Explains this source again. Also some observers believe on the contrary that the purpose of the exercise is to consolidate Choguel Maïga in his post.
Without waiting for the presentation to the CNT, the Prime Minister thus communicated last weekend on its achievements, citing in particular ” the rise of the army ” or ” appeasement of the social climate “.