Mali Military Forms C’ttee For Transitional Power

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Soldiers leading a military coup against Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who resigned in the early hours of Wednesday, have announced they will take “transitional” power.

Colonel-Major Ismael Wague, up until now deputy chief of staff of Mali’s air force, announced on national television the formation of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), which would lead the volatile West African nation until general elections were scheduled.

“We, the patriotic forces grouped together in the CNSP, have decided to take our responsibilities before the people and before history,” Wague told the nation.Mali Military coup

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The CNSP was aiming for “a civil political transition” and would hold general elections “within a reasonable timeframe,” he added.

A military coup had been necessary because Keita’s government had led Mali into “chaos, anarchy and insecurity,” Wague said.

The announcement comes hours after Keita resigned on live television following a military coup during which soldiers arrested Keita as well as Prime Minister Boubou Cisse.

Mali has been struggling to maintain stability since tens of thousands of opposition supporters accused Keita of gross intimidation and vote-buying during a parliamentary election in April, which gave his administration a firm majority.

Several attempts at talks between the government and the opposition failed.

Soldiers started to mutiny early Tuesday in the garrison town of Kati, 15 kilometres north-west of the capital Bamako, and then moved into the capital.

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Political instability in Mali is seen as a dangerous development for the entire Sahel region, which already faces ongoing threats from numerous terrorist and separatist groups. (dpa/NAN)

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