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Zawya
2 days ago
- Politics
- Zawya
Special Representative Simão Concludes Visit to Guinea, Reaffirms United Nations Commitment to Supporting a Peaceful and Inclusive Transition
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mr. Leonardo Santos Simão, concluded yesterday a three-day visit to Conakry, Guinea. The purpose of this visit was to continue discussions with the transitional authorities to provide effective support for their efforts toward a return to constitutional order. To this end, Special Representative Simão held a series of important meetings with key transitional leaders. He notably met with the President of the National Transitional Council, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Guineans Abroad, the Minister for the Promotion of Women, Children and Vulnerable Persons, as well as the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization. He also met with representatives of the United Nations country team and members of the diplomatic corps. The discussions covered various topics related to the transition process, the regional situation, and United Nations support. The Special Representative praised the continued commitment of the transitional authorities to a return to constitutional order and urged the international community to support Guinea's efforts in this regard. He also encouraged all Guinean stakeholders to strengthen the spirit of dialogue, justice, and social cohesion. While commending the work of the UN country team, the Special Representative reaffirmed the United Nations' commitment to supporting a peaceful and inclusive transition, in collaboration and synergy with the Guinean authorities, ECOWAS, and various partners. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS).
The Star
13-05-2025
- Politics
- The Star
Mali dissolves political parties, politically affiliated organizations
BAMAKO, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Malian political parties and politically affiliated organizations have been dissolved, according to a presidential decree read Tuesday on Mali's national television by Mamani Nassire, the Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister in charge of Political Reforms and Support for the Electoral Process. This measure came one day after the National Transitional Council (CNT) voted to repeal the charter of political parties and the status of political opposition. Mali officially had 297 political parties.
Time of India
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Mali junta chief approves step towards restricting political parties
Interim President of the Republic of Mali, Assimi Goita (File Photo AP) BAMAKO: Mali's military ruler on Tuesday approved a bill revoking the country's political parties charter, which the opposition sees as a step towards its dissolution, according to a presidency decree. The suspension of the charter, which regulates the functioning, creation and financing of political parties, marks a new act of repression of dissenting voices in the west African country, ruled by the army since two coups, in 2020 and 2021. Junta chief General Assimi Goita 's approval comes a day after the military-appointed parliament, the National Transitional Council, adopted the proposal. A national assembly organised in late April -- virtually wholly boycotted by the opposition, called for the dissolution of parties and the toughening up of conditions for their creation and financing. "All dispositions" of the law regarding the political party charter "are and remain revoked", the decree from General Goita's office on Tuesday said. Since the coups a welter of retaliatory measures, legal proceedings and the dissolution of a swathe of associations have considerably weakened the Malian opposition. That squeeze on civic space comes against a backdrop of clamour by the authorities for the country to unite behind the military. Since 2012, the country has been mired in violence carried out by jihadist groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group, as well as other criminal organisations. The April assembly also proposed a five-year renewable presidential term for General Goita without elections. Death of pluralism By repealing the party charter, the junta has "signed the death knell of political pluralism in Mali," former justice minister Mamadou Ismaila Konate said on Monday. In an op-ed Ismaila said the move was "an attempt to systematically demolish political countervailing powers" in Mali. Mali's Director General of Territorial Administration, Abdou Salam Diepkile, disagreed. "The repeal of this law does not call into question the existence of political parties," Diepkile told public broadcaster ORTM. He said the decision was in line with the desire to "stop the proliferation of political parties" in the country. Fearing dissolution, a coalition of roughly 100 parties recently formed to "demand the effective end of the political-military transition no later than December 31, 2025", calling for "the establishment of a timetable for a rapid return to constitutional order". In a rare act of protest against the junta the coalition mobilised several hundred people for a demonstration in the capital Bamako in early May. The military government had initially committed to hand over power to elected civilians in March 2024.
