BAMAKO, Sept 14, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Mali’s popular opposition movement has rejected a charter for a transition government backed by the ruling army officers who ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
The military junta approved a roadmap for an 18-month transition government on Saturday, after three days of talks with political and civil-society leaders.
But the June 5 Movement, which led a wave of anti-Keita protests prior to last month’s coup and which took part in the talks, rejected the document in a statement on Saturday night.
It accused the junta of a “desire to monopolise” power and argued that the final version of the charter did not reflect earlier discussions about returning to civilian rule.