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Mali, president and prime minister released. The coup will be sworn in as president of the Transition

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The president of the Transition of Mali Bah N’Daw and the prime minister Moctar Ouane they were released by the military coup who forcibly deposed them on 25 May and detained in the military base of Kati. The two leaders, now resigned, have returned home and would be fine.

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The person in charge of the coup, Assimi Goita, he should now take the de facto presidency of the Transition and step down from the post of vice president he held until now. Yesterday, after the special meeting held by the United Nations Security Council to discuss the crisis in Mali, the United States condemned the detention of the two leaders. “We support the joint declaration of the Cedeao (Economic Community of West African States) and the African Union of May 24 and are working closely with the local Transition Monitoring Committee and other international actors to obtain immediate and unconditional release. of detainees and the resumption of the civilian-led transition, “US State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.

Goita justified the coup by arguing that the decision was taken by the military “following a crisis that lasted several months at the national level” and given that “the government led by Ouane has shown itself unable to constitute a reliable interlocutor, capable of guaranteeing trust of the social partners “. In the process of setting up a new government, defined a few days before the kidnapping, the statement reads, “Prime Minister Ouane established a government list in agreement with the president of the Transition without consulting the vice president responsible for the prerogatives conferred on him by the Charter “, ie the appointment of the ministers of Defense and Security. “Such an approach testifies to a clear willingness of the Transition President and the Prime Minister to proceed towards a violation of the Charter, contrary to the oath taken during its inauguration on 25 September 2020.

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In an attempt to stem the crisis, the former Nigerian president arrived in Bamako Goodluck Jonathan as a mediator of Cedeao.

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