Mali wants to delay elections for five years in the West African bloc | Stories

The revolutionary government initially agreed to hold presidential and legislative elections in February 2022 under the auspices of ECOWAS.

Interim officials in Mali have suggested to West African neighbors that a change back to democracy Following the 2020 military coup increased by five years, the foreign minister said in a statement released on Saturday.

A change government at first he agreed to hold Presidential and legislative elections in February 2022, 18 months after Colonel Assimi Goita led the ousting of President Boubacar Ibrahim Keita.

It has progressed slightly since then, accusing it of disruption and more violence.

The trial to approve the by-elections on Thursday must be postponed by six months to five years.

Following a meeting with Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, chairwoman of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said he wanted to make a difference in the meantime.

“The savings lasted for five years. Then the story was presented,” Diop said in a statement broadcast on state television.

“But it is a question of whether this time is too high.”

An ECOWAS spokesman was not immediately available for comment.

The organization is suffering having a militant line against militants in an area that until recently seemed to have lost its reputation as Africa’s “revolutionary belt”.

Goita staged a second coup in May 2021 when he pushed aside the former president who took over after Keita was fired and took over the job. Guinean forces recapture President Alpha Conde in September.

ECOWAS has imposed sanctions on Malian officials over delays in elections and promises more if Mali does not plan for the February 2021 elections.

Mali’s actions have further escalated tensions with former French colonists, with tens of thousands of troops deployed in the Sahel region of West Africa to fight in the armed forces.