In Mali, the Vice-President of the Transition, Colonel Assimi Goïta, indicated that he saw himself in the obligation to act to preserve the Transition Charter and that, by withdrawing the prerogatives of President Bah N’Daw and its Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, as well as all the people involved in the situation following the “violation” of this charter.
In a statement released this Tuesday, May 25 on the ORTM, the state channel, the head of the junta indeed indicates that the government led by Moctar Ouane has shown itself incapable of constituting a reliable interlocutor, likely to mobilize confidence. social partners, following a crisis lasting several months at the national level taking into account strikes and various demonstrations by social and political actors.
“In the process and unilaterally, the transitional president accepted the resignation of the government and immediately reappoints the prime minister with a mandate to go to the formation of a new government. The result was general dismay marked by the persistence of strikes by the National Union of Workers of Mali (UNTM), which ultimately resulted in an indefinite strike. This state of affairs constitutes a veritable asphyxiation of the Malian economy and hence the guarantee of instability with immeasurable consequences, ”the statement said.
“In the process of constituting a new government, the newly appointed Prime Minister established a list of government in agreement with the President of the Transition without consultation with the vice-president in charge of the prerogatives conferred on him by the charter, namely, Defense and Security. Such an approach testifies to a clear will of the president of the transition and of the Prime Minister to move towards a violation of the transition charter, contrary to the oath taken during his inauguration on September 25, 2020 ”, indicates Assimi Goïta who thus dismisses the Transitional authorities in place since September 2020 and take control.
