In Mali, the putschists brought down President IBK "like a ripe fruit"

2020-08-19T18:46:07.496Z

The man who had ruled the country since 2013 failed to realize how run out of power his power was.It must be the strength of the experience. On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, when Malian institutions had once again been swept away by a coup, it was the president himself, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, who appeared on the palot screens of 'ORTM, public television, in place of the usual and disturbing stripes. The face crossed out by a mask, a band immediately announcing "outgoing president" , the ...

It must be the strength of the experience. On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, when Malian institutions had once again been swept away by a coup, it was the president himself, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, who appeared on the palot screens of 'ORTM, public television, in place of the usual and disturbing stripes. The face crossed out by a mask, a band immediately announcing "outgoing president" , the head of state explained, in this bombastic French that he loves so much, not wishing "that no blood be shed for ( s) we stay in business ” . And to "say (s) a decision to leave (s) his functions, from this moment" before thanking, very strangely, "the Malian people for the warmth of their affection".The fiction of this voluntary departure has its limits, however, even for a visibly exhausted IBK. “It pleased certain elements of our armed forces to conclude that this had to end with their intervention. Do I really have a choice? "