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Associated Press
Baba Ahmed
Mali's Bamako (AP) — Colonel Asimi Goita, leader of the Mali junta, signed a new law on Friday to guide elections and return home. Open. A country to constitutional rule. Colonel Goita has been president of the interim government since taking power in a coup two years ago.
According to the Associated Press's copy of the new law, the law will also allow him and other military personnel in the interim government to carry out in 2024, when the next presidential election is scheduled.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a regional block of West Africa, Mali earlier this year after military rulers refused to hold scheduled elections in February. We imposed strict sanctions on.
The new law details the steps leading to elections by creating a single election administration to replace the disputed three-party system. According to state media, this is intended to show Junta's willingness to return to constitutional rule and persuade ECOWAS to ease sanctions.
However, the fact that junta leaders can run can upset the process of democracy and question the country's return to future stability, the Republic Democratic Union said. Youth President Abdullah Mane Diara said. , Political party.
But conflict analysts say the concern is not who is running, but finding leaders who can help unite the country and get out of the current security and political crisis.
"If concrete results come out and signs of stability begin to appear, Goita and other leaders are irrelevant," said Lida, Senior Fellow of the Morocco-based New South Policy Center. Ryamumori said. An organization focused on economics and policy.
