In Mali, ten Assimi Goita opposition leaders detained

Posted on June 27, 2024

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The noose is tightening around opponents of the military junta he leads. Like GoitaOn Monday, 24 June, the V Commune Court in Bamako issued arrest warrants for 10 political leaders. all In particular, they were accused of “disrupting public order” and “opposing the exercise of legitimate power.”

They were arrested on June 20 in Bamako while attending a private meeting at the home of First Vice President Moustapha Dicko in Bamako. alliance Mali African Unity and Justice Party for Democracy (Adma-PASJthe party of former President Amadou Toumani Touré). They then worked to draft “internal regulations” for the coalition, calling for an end to this transition.

They were arrested and questioned by security forces within the Judicial Investigation Brigade (BIJ) and subsequently placed in preventive detention in the Dioïla, Koulikoro and Kéniéroba remand centres. minister Muhammad Ali BathiliHe enjoyed lawyer immunity and was released after trial.

“Multi-party system is guaranteed”

Signatories of the March 31 Declaration, almost all political parties advocating a rapid return came together have The Constitutional Order, in a press release, condemned “yet another attack by the authorities on the fundamental freedoms protected by our Constitution and laws”. They specifically demanded “the abandonment of proceedings against comrades who have been unjustly arrested, Detainees » and recalls “the inviolability of private meetings established by Decree No. 36/PCG of 1959”.

“Multipartyism is guaranteed by the text of the constitution, which itself was promulgated by the transitional authorities,” responded Modi Sidibé, the executive officer of the National Assembly. Parties Opposition Yelema.

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The arrests and imprisonment of these opponents came two months after the military junta decided to suspend all activities and associations of a “political nature” throughout the country “until further notice”. Induced “fruitless discussions” and implicated “subversive” activities. The signatories of the March 31 Declaration appealed to the Supreme Court to overturn the suspension.

The transition is officially scheduled to end on the 26th Mars It was last postponed, but no new date has been announced. Most political groups condemned the “legal and institutional vacuum” and called for “ the best Time limit. »