{"id":28672,"date":"2020-08-25T13:51:35","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T13:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=28672"},"modified":"2020-08-25T13:51:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T13:51:43","slug":"mali-coup-leaders-ecowas-envoy-fail-to-reach-agreement-on-transitional-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=28672","title":{"rendered":"MALI: Coup leaders, ECOWAS envoy fail to reach agreement on transitional govt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mali-junta-spokesman-Col-Isma%C3%ABl-Wagu%C3%A9.jpg\" alt=\"MALI: Coup leaders suggest civilian or military 'transitional president'\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Talks between a delegation of West African envoys and the military officers who overthrew Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita aimed at resolving the political situation in the aftermath of last week\u2019s coup have ended without agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West African leaders who demanded that deposed President, Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta, be reinstated failed to convince Mali\u2019s military leaders that this was the way forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/ecowas-delegation-meests-ousted-mali-president-coup-plotters-in-bamako\/\">ECOWAS<\/a>\u00a0delegation met the 75-year-old former president, who was being held at the military barracks in Kati, near the capital, Bamako.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPresident Keita told us that he has resigned, that he was not forced to do so and that he does not want to return,\u201d former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, who led the delegation, said on Monday. \u201cHe&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/08\/mali-coup-leaders-ecowas-fail-reach-agreement-transition-200824171701181.html\">says<\/a>&nbsp;he wants a quick transition to allow the country [to] return as soon as possible to a civilian regime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Colonel Ismael Wague, the spokesman for the coup leaders said on Monday that the final decision on the makeup of an interim transitional administration would be decided \u201cby Malians\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that no timeline had been established for elections to return the country to civilian rule. The coup leaders previously said they would stage elections \u201cwithin a reasonable time\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talks between a delegation of West African envoys and the military officers who overthrew Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita aimed at resolving the political situation in the aftermath of last week\u2019s coup have ended without agreement. 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