[ICYMI] Mali junta to hold vote on new constitution in June
The referendum had been scheduled for March 19 but was postponed indefinitely as the impoverished Sahel state battles jihadist and separatist insurgencies that broke out in the north in 2012.
The delay had fed fears the elections would in turn be delayed, while the junta said it needed more time to promote the new draft and to organise the staging of the referendum across the vast country.The Economic Community of West African States slapped sanctions on Bamako in January 2022 when the junta considered staying in government for five years to tackle the security and economic crisis.The draft would significantly strengthen the power of the president.
The military enjoys strong popular support according to an opinion poll of 2,295 Malians by Germany's Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung foundation in February. Within weeks that government was swept aside and senior officers took over, declaring Colonel Assimi Goita the transitional president.
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