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| Mali junta announces constitution |
| 2012-03-29 |
| [Emirates 24/7] Mali's junta on Tuesday announced a new constitution that rules its members out of upcoming elections, seeking to show it will not cling to power as West African leaders planned a mediation visit. Five days after the internationally condemned military coup that toppled President Amadou Toumani Toure, the junta lifted its night-time curfew and reopened the borders in a bid to show the country was returning to normal. West African leaders meeting in neighbouring Ivory Coast Tuesday again denounced the coup -- and warned that the region's troops were on standby if the junta failed to engage in dialogue. In a statement read out by a soldier on Mali state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? , the junta said the new constitution would guarantee the rule of law and basic human rights ...which often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... in "a pluralist democracy". Under the terms of the constitution, no member of the junta, known as the National Committee for the Recovery of Democracy and the Restoration of the Rule, would be permitted to stand for office. The coup came just weeks ahead of the first round of presidential elections scheduled for April 29. The junta cancelled that vote and has not yet set a new date for elections. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 You had a well working French- Ploy Constitution working for you #mali Do you now see what you have done? Not happy |
| Posted by: newc 2012-03-29 00:53 |