The fourth vice-president of the National Transitional Council (CNT, transitional parliament) in Mali, Issa Kaou N'Djim, was arrested Tuesday evening October 26 in Bamako by the gendarmerie on the orders of justice, for "
subversive remarks
".
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"
Issa Kaou N'Djim was arrested by order of justice for subversive comments made on social networks,
" a Malian judicial source told AFP. Reached by AFP, his lawyer Me Kassoum Tapo confirmed the arrest and requested the release of his client covered "
by his parliamentary immunity
". “
I saw my client at the gendarmerie on Tuesday evening. I asked for his immediate release, because his parliamentary immunity was not lifted before his arraignment. It is a violation of the law
”, specified the lawyer.
A well-known figure on the Malian political scene, Issa Kaou N'Djim is the ex-spokesperson for Imam Mamoud Dicko, a politico-religious leader who participated in the mobilization that led to the fall of ex-president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.
Issa Kaou N'Djim is also known for his support for the transitional president, Colonel Assimi Goita, and his harsh criticism of Prime Minister Choguel Maiga.
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He recently criticized the head of the Malian government, after Mali's decision to declare “persona non grata”, the special representative of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Mali.
