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The new charter for the transition in Mali was adopted unanimously, Monday, February 21 in the morning, by the members of the National Transitional Council, the CNT, which acts as the provisional legislative body in the country.
With our correspondent in Bamako, Serge Daniel
This charter, which has just been adopted by the authorities, presents several novelties. There is already the number of designated and non-elected parliamentarians, which goes from 121 to 147, and for the duration of the transition. In the text, it is also written that the next presidential elections, the date of which is not yet known, will mark the end of the transition.
The post of vice-president of the transition is abolished. Before the second coup in May 2021, it was Assimi Goïta, the current head of state, who assumed his functions. In the new charter, it is stipulated that as transitional president, Colonel Goïta will not be able to stand for the next presidential and legislative elections. Finally, there is the amnesty voted for the perpetrators of the last two coups.
Regarding the duration of the transition, the new charter does not mention a precise deadline. It is that the opinions differ on this subject and the members of the CNT walked a little on eggshells. The project submitted by the transition includes a period between six months to five years, as recommended by the National Conference.
Finally, the debates are still ongoing. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the sub-regional organization, is considering twelve months as a deadline, the President-in-Office recently said. But in another technical note, a working document of several partners of Mali (ECOWAS, the UN, the African Union), consulted by RFI, there are two diagrams as a basis for discussion: a transition of twelve months, and plan B: a sixteen-month transition before an election.