News:
November 25, 2019
Speaker of West African sub-regional community Parliament has given indications of leading a delegation from the Parliament to visit the Republic of Mali as he is worried about the current prevailing political situation in that country.
According to the Speaker during the second Ordinary Session on going in Abuja Nigeria, he would lead a delegation to embark on this visit.
“We are negotiating with the opposition so that the dialogue they want to organize in Mali, we can see the various stakeholders, civil society groups, and the opposition for them to express themselves with their situation to see what ECOWAS and the UN can do for them”.
He made this remarks on Saturday, November 23, 2019, after Mali had presented its country report on Friday 22nd of this month but due to technical hitches, the House had to conclude the following day.
In Mali’s country report, it noted that the unprecedented and multidimensional crises it has faced since 2012 requires Malians to engage in dialogue, in order to build a concerted vision that is at par with the current challenges.
On the political situation of the country, it noted that, demonstrations and strikes that have marked 2018 and 2019 with regards to the President of the Republic, were expressions of the social discontent and deterioration of the political climate.
Postponement of the legislative elections and the double extension of the term of the National Assembly added to the political tension.
The recent development in the security situation has added to the dysfunctional of state institutions and the disintegration of social link and national cohesion the report said.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com/Abuja