In Mali, the political class is outraged by the extension of the Transition. After the announcement, this Monday, September 25, that the presidential election supposed to mark the return to constitutional order would not be held next February as planned – no new date has been set – the political parties are gradually expressing and unanimously their indignation at this de facto extension of the transition period. An indignation common to very diverse trends.
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“ The transitional authorities mainly focused on the lack of anticipation, the incompetence of their men and their refusal to honor their commitments. » The Yelema party of former Prime Minister Moussa Mara, usually very measured, expresses its “ heavy suspicions about the premeditated nature of this extension » of the transition « for an undetermined period, after more than three years and without achieving the objectives » fixed.
“Endless transition without results”
A “ endless transition and without tangible results “, this is also what saddens the AFD (Alliances of Democratic Forces), which ” regret » this postponement « non-consensual ” And ” without indicative date “. The AFD points out the absence of consultation with the political class, but also with ECOWAS, which had agreed to lift its economic sanctions after the compromise found in particular on the date of this presidential election.
Call to maintain the planned date
The political and civil organizations of the Appeal of February 20, at the forefront of the opposition to the transitional authorities, cannot come back from this “ unilateral decision » that they maintain their “ intransigence » on respecting the initial deadline.
Same call for respecting the date planned for the LDC (Democratic League for Change) of General Moussa Sinko Coulibaly, who “ unequivocally condemns ” a “ attempt to take Malian democracy hostage. »
Lack of consultation
The RPM (Rally for Mali) of the late former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta expresses “its deep concern” and deplores that “ political parties were not involved ” In ” this important decision “.
A lack of consultation that all Malian political parties note with bitterness. Like Adema, the oldest party in Mali, which has not yet officially communicated, but whose RFI was able to exchange with certain executives, or the M5-RFP, from which the current transitional Prime Minister Choguel Maïga comes but which has largely divided in recent months. The M5 “ denounces this unilateral decision and recalls the imperative requirement to respect commitments » electoral measures which should allow a return to constitutional order.
As for the Parena of Tiébilé Dramé, it also recalls that “the technical reasons” used to “ justify this postponement could be avoided ” and ” the organization of elections is a question of political will “.
ECOWAS, with which the Malian transitional authorities had committed to the electoral calendar and the duration of the transition, has still not reacted officially.
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