In Mali, prime minister promises revision of the constitution

Malian Prime Minister Moctar Ouane presented his action plan to the National Transitional Council (CNT) on 19 February. Almost six months to the day after the 18 August coup that overthrew President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, the government’s roadmap has been eagerly awaited. [...] A six-pronged action plan that will run until March 2022 – the date on which the next elections are due to be held – and which is based on the need for “political and institutional reforms necessary to consolidate democracy, i.e. to strengthen the stability of democratic and republican institutions.” [...[ Promising a “rationalisation of state spending” and more diligent management of public funds, Ouane above all stressed the need for an overhaul of Mali’s Constitution and proposed that the country adopt a new one “by referendum.” Malians have been calling for a revision to their 1992 Constitution for a long time. Constitutional revision projects were initiated with a view to referendum in 2011, 2017 and again in 2019 before being abandoned in the face of political and social upheavals.
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