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The Malian government has adopted an electoral calendar for the transition three days before the summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), The West African grouping is due to consider the tough sanctions imposed on the junta in January
The Malian government has adopted an electoral calendar for the transition three days before the summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), The West African grouping is due to consider the tough sanctions imposed on the junta in January.
The date of the presidential election is set for February 2024. The referendum on the new constitution is set for March 2023. Legislative elections are to be held between October and November 2023, and local elections in June 2023. The spokesperson for the military junta said that the government found the timetable realistic to return to the constitutional order.
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The publication of this timetable is part of a schedule of bitter negotiations between Bamako and ECOWAS. after the sub-regional organization placed Mali under sanctions in January and imposed a strict embargo. The Malian junta had already issued a decree in early June stating that they would govern until March 2024.
ECOWAS has been pressing since the military seized power in August 2020 for a swift return of civilians to lead the country, which has been plunged into a deep security and political crisis since 2012. A West African mediator, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, has made numerous trips to Bamako to discuss with the military authorities and tried in vain to find a compromise.
