The presidential and legislative elections, scheduled for Mali in early 2022, could be postponed for a few weeks or months, Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga told AFP on Sunday. "
Will it be held on February 27, or (will it be postponed) two weeks, two months, a few months, we will say,
" said the head of government. A detailed agenda, he said, will be decided at the end of the National Conference to be held by the end of October. "
The main thing for us (is) to hold elections that will not be contested
", underlined the Prime Minister.
After a second coup d'état by the military junta last May, the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) imposed an electoral calendar providing for a presidential and legislative elections in Mali at the end of February, beginning of March. Requirements set "
without asking the questions of what are the practical steps that must be taken to get there
," pointed out Choguel Maïga.
"
It is better to organize peaceful elections, recognized by all, rather than to organize elections with disputes,
" he said.
"
We have decided to be pragmatic, to be realistic, it is very important to be realistic in politics, to be anchored to national public opinion which is today in favor of credible and peaceful elections
" , argued the Malian civilian official, who took office in June after a second military coup in Mali in less than a year.
