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BAMAKO — Mali's junta passed a new election law on Friday, and the constitution has been under regional pressure to hold elections since the junta first seized power in the August 2020 coup. Showed a step towards a return to the rule of. ..
West African countries are subject to severe economic sanctions imposed by the regional block ECOWAS in response to delays in the return of power to civilians.
Mali and 15 members of the Economic Community of West African States are at odds with the five-year and two-year schedules proposed by Pucci leaders to hold elections, and Brock says they are too long. I consider it to be.
However, the interim government issued a decree on June 6 that attached a two-year schedule counting from March 2022, while negotiations with ECOWAS were still ongoing. Issued to. The
block regretted the decision and said it would continue to work with the Mali authorities to reach a "mutually agreed timeline."
Comments on the election law promulgated by Interim President Assimi Goita on Friday were not immediately available. This is a prerequisite for organizing democratic elections.
Heads of State of ECOWAS will hold another summit on this issue by July 3. (Report by Fadima Kontao, Written by Sofia Christensen, Edited by Alistair Bell)
