(DNT Bamako) Officially the transition president of Mali Bah Ndaw resigned today. But every Malian know that Goita has struck again with his signature coup d’etat where he captures the existing leader, and the latter mysteriously resigns.
Colonel Assimi Goita captured transition president Bah Ndaw and his prime minister Mocktar Mouane on Monday prompting global protests for their release.
Also arrested was the defense minister who was taken along with the president and prime minister to Kati Military Camp from where the first uprising that removed President Keita began.
That initial uprising ushered in a protracted negotiations process with ECOWAS which was represented by former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan.
At the end of that process a transition government was formed with Bah Ndaw as president, uprising leader Colonel Assimi Goita as vice president, and Mocktar Mouane as prime minister.
The ECOWAS negotiated agreement called for the transition team to feature two ministers from the military. But recently those two were removed from the transition government, and that is what angered Goita to arrest transition president Ndaw.
Insiders believe Ndaw’s resignation was not forced, but was done out of frustration. Ndaw is said to be angered about the audacity of his vice to arrest him.
Meanwhile France has refuted Goita’s claim that this was not a coup d’etat. The resemblance between the Keita and Ndaw removals are too striking.
Now the youth is reported to be preparing the grounds for a march to Kati Military camp to release their transition president.
They believe Goita is setting the stage to remain as the country’s leader well beyond the 18 months when elections would be held to choose the next president of Mali.
The ECOWAS agreement with the military which ushered in the transition government bars the president of the transition government from participating in the elections.
DNT News with correspondent reports from Bamako.
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