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(6 years ago)The rebel soldiers who captured Mali's president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keitan, from his residence in the capital, Bamako, and forced him to resign have promised to hold general elections in “at a reasonable time. ” But these pucci plotters, who first took control of the Kati military camp near the capital before [...]
The last elections that took place in Mali gave way to the current crisis. Parliamentary elections due to take place in 2018 were postponed twice before they were finally held in March amid violence, uncertainty and widespread vote theft claims.
Opposition politicians, village leaders and election monitors had been kidnapped before or even during the vote, and polls were looted by thieves who had threatened election officials.
In the following weeks, angry opposition politicians joined prominent religious leaders in mobilizing thousands of mountains towards protests opposing elections, writes the DailyBeast, term Periscopi.
Mountain challenges are still there, and whenever the Mountain military leaders hold elections, the same problems will continue.
The impoverished West African country is facing a deep economic crisis and a security crisis that has deteriorated in the past decade. Youth unemployment rose from 7 percent in 2013 to 15 percent this year. Poverty rates rose from 45 percent to almost 50 percent for seven years.
Not many people at the moment think that new military leaders can organise free and fair elections. After all, all this military intervention in domestic politics is said to have been led by a very young soldier, Malick Diaw, who is believed to be only 25 years old.
The same army that took power earlier has been charged with helping politicians with setting up elections and instigating vocals, as well as forcing officials to change the election results,” said Christian Anozie, journalist and renowned political analyst in West Africa.
