Ex-President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned after a day of tensions in Mali that had started with a mutiny in the military camp of Kati, just 9 miles from the capital city of Bamako.
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta announced on national broadcaster ORTM that he had decided"to leave my functions, all my functions, as of this moment. And with all legal consequences: the dissolution of the National Assembly and that of the government. May Allah help and bless Mali. I don’t feel any hatred," all while he was being detained by mutinous troops.
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita poses for a photo during the G5 Sahel summit in Nouakchott, June 30, 2020. "No we did not expect this at all," a Bamako resident told Reuters."It was a surprise for everyone. But since yesterday morning, in any case the population had abandoned the president". The demands of the protesters included the full renewal of the members of the Constitutional Court who had been accused of having tampered with the results of the last legislative elections.
Supporters of Mali's junta participate in a demonstration against regional bloc ECOWAS at the international airport of Bamako, March 29, 2012.On Tuesday afternoon, Prime Minister Boubou Cissé said in a statement that"the government calls for reason and asks to silence the guns", a final attempt to calm the situation after the start of events in Bamako and Kati on Tuesday morning.
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