Advisor to the head of the Military Council and Vice-President Mali Baba Sisse promised that the military would pay the president of the country of the country of arrested President Ba Ndao and Prime Minister Moktar Uan. His words reports Associated Press.
“After the resignation of the temporary president and the Prime Minister, the detainees will be released,” said Sissa. However, according to him, it will happen gradually for security reasons.
UN Security Council condemned the arrest of BA NDAO, Moktara Uan and other transitional leaders, and also called for them to immediately release them, reports TASS. In addition, there “urged elements of defense and security forces immediately return to their barracks.”
On Tuesday night, on May 25, the military in Mali was arrested by the President, Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense of the Provisional Government. Politicians were delivered to the military base in the city of Kati outside the capital Bamako. Shortly before the arrest of state leaders in the country, a new government was formed, but the military did not suit the permutations in the Cabinet of Ministers.
Previous military coup in Mali occurred less than a year ago, in August 2020. Then against the background of growing social discontent, the military seized the base in Kati and arrested key officials, including the President of the country of Ibraiim Bubakar Keit and Prime Minister Bubu Sissa. After detention, Keit resigned. At the end of September, the electoral college, created under the leadership of the military, appointed BA NDAO by temporary president of the country. It was expected that the transition period will take 18 months.