The authorities consider that it represents one of the imperative reforms to carry out their draft “refoundation” of the State.
Le Monde with AFP
The head of the junta in power in Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta, received a new constitution project on Tuesday, October 11, a key element of the vast project invoked by the soldiers to maintain himself until 2024 at the head of This country plunged into a deep crisis.
This “draft constitution” was given to Colonel Goïta two months behind the period initially allocated to the Commission responsible for developing it. The junta had given this commission for two months when she had created it by decree on June 10. The deadline has been extended, said the chairman of the commission, Fousseyni Samaké.
The text was not made public, although it promises to be peeled carefully. It must be submitted to the Council of Ministers and the body holding the place of parliament. It is supposed to be subject to referendum in March 2023.
“renovated democracy”
The President of the Commission warned Colonel Goïta “that any constitution will be the subject of disputes, criticisms and controversies,” the so -called transition presidency reported. He assured that the project had been written after “consultation of the living forces of the nation”.
Colonel Goïta, who overthrew civil power in August 2020 and has been invested president since, said that the “common hope of a renovated democracy, as well as a better organized state and at the Height of national and international challenges is based on this preliminary draft “, according to its services.
Malian political actors have long been agreed on the need for constitutional reform. The current Constitution, dating from 1992, goes for a factor in the political crisis that has been going through the country for years and which amplifies the serious security crisis in progress since 2012.
The authorities cite the drafting of a new constitution as one of the imperative reforms to carry out their project of “refoundation” of the Malian State. The soldiers undertook under pressure to organize elections in February 2024 and give way in March of the same year.