The junta that seized power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body to rule for three years and has agreed to release the ousted president.
Malian Air Force deputy chief of staff and military junta spokesperson Ismael Wague holds a press conference in Kati on August 19, 2020, a day after the military arrested Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and he officially resigned.The junta that seized power in a coup in Mali last week wants a military-led government to rule for a three-year transitional period.
Bamako – The junta that seized power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body to rule for three years and has agreed to release the ousted president, a source in a visiting West African delegation and the rebel soldiers said on Sunday. "The government will also be predominantly composed of soldiers" under the proposal, the source said on condition of anonymity.
"And if he wants to travel abroad for treatment, that is not a problem," said the source from ECOWAS, which stands for the Economic Community of West African States. However, Mali's neighbours have called for Keita to be reinstated, saying the purpose of the visit by the delegation from the regional ECOWAS bloc was to help"ensure the immediate return of constitutional order".
"We have reached a number of agreements, but we have not reached agreement on all the issues," Nigerian ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, head of the delegation, told reporters as Sunday's discussions drew to a close.
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