{"id":18108,"date":"2024-11-21T21:35:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T21:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18108"},"modified":"2024-11-21T21:35:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T21:35:25","slug":"mali-junta-appoints-new-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18108","title":{"rendered":"Mali junta appoints new prime minister\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Mali\u2019s junta has appointed Abdoulaye Maiga, as the country\u2019s new prime minister, just hours after dismissing his predecessor, Choguel Maiga, for criticising prolonged military rule.\n<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made on state television, ORTM, on Thursday, according to Reuters.\n<\/p>\n<p>Choguel, a civilian leader and former head of the M5-RFP opposition coalition, had openly condemned the junta\u2019s failure to hold elections within the promised 24-month transition period, following coups in 2020 and 2021.\n<\/p>\n<p>He also expressed frustration over what he described as secretive decision-making by military leaders, including the indefinite postponement of elections initially planned for February this year.<\/p>\n<p><amp-video-iframe src=\"https:\/\/360playvid.info\/slidepleer\/videoIframe.html?fn=s1184s\" width=\"16\" height=\"9\" layout=\"responsive\" dock=\"#pv-dock-slot\" style=\" overflow: visible !important;\"> <\/amp-video-iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all happening in total secrecy, without the prime minister\u2019s knowledge,\u201d Maiga told reporters recently, voicing his discontent with the lack of consultation within the government. <\/p>\n<p>The junta, led by interim President Assimi Go\u00efta, has faced mounting criticism from international allies and West African neighbours over election delays and its military cooperation with Russian mercenaries.\n<\/p>\n<p>Observers say the appointment of the junta\u2019s spokesperson, Abdoulaye Maiga, may signal an attempt to tighten control and manage dissent both domestically and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Under the law, the new prime minister is required to form a government in consultation with the interim president.\n<\/p>\n<p>Abdoulaye is expected to focus on addressing international and domestic concerns surrounding Mali\u2019s stalled transition to democracy.\n                                            <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#b9cdd1dcdcddd0cdd6cbf9c9ccd7dad1d7de97dad6d4\"> <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"7c08141919181508130e3c0c09121f14121b521f1311\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/politics.einnews.com\/article\/762719171\/W8P4nXummCTHqs2L?ref=rss&amp;ecode=kmfm9fDbRbj4OPCJ\">politics.einnews.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mali\u2019s junta has appointed Abdoulaye Maiga, as the country\u2019s new prime minister, just hours after dismissing his predecessor, Choguel Maiga, for criticising prolonged military rule. The announcement was made on state television, ORTM, on Thursday, according to Reuters. Choguel, a civilian leader and former head of the M5-RFP opposition coalition, had openly condemned the junta\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}