The very critical remarks of Prime Minister Choguel Maïga against the military in power in Bamako, Saturday November 16, sparked many comments in Mali. While some supporters of the junta are calling for his departure, another segment of the political class applauds him.
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With our regional correspondent, Serge Daniel
The Malian Prime Minister’s virulent criticism Choguel Maïga against the junta in power in Bamako, Saturday November 16, have since provoked numerous comments and reactions in the Malian political class. For Fousseyni Faye, member of a group of Malian opponents in exile who symbolically formed a parallel government to the one currently in place in the country, the head of government has even become an outright opponent of the regime.Assimi Goïta: “ When he says that the elections and the transition were postponed without any debate within the government, he is wearing another costume, in this case that of an opponent or an opposition leader. in any case he highlighted the dysfunctions between the military and himself », specifies this one.
President of the African Social Democratic Party (PSDA) which is a member of the Coordination of Organizations of the February 20, 2023 Appeal to Save Mali, Ismaël Sacko judges this speech to be courageous but also revealing of the current isolation of the ‘interested.
Choguel Maïga is a wounded man who feels alone and who no longer has any power.
Ismaël Sacko, president of the African Social Democratic Party (PSDA)
At Mali, the very official radio and television of Mali (ORTM), for its part, widely opened its antennas to supporters of the junta to comment on these remarks. The Alliance for the Refoundation of Mali (Aréma), for example, condemned the Prime Minister’s speech and asked the head of the junta to draw the necessary conclusions after such an exit, namely to dismiss the leader. of the government.
Another pro-junta movement demands the resignation of Choguel Maïga within 72 hours, believing that he is guilty of “ high treason “. At this stage, the Prime Minister’s supporters are rather discreet.
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