Deutsche Welle – In Mali, doubt hangs over compliance with the electoral timetable that should lead to the end of the military transition and the holding of the presidential election in February 2024. Already, the organization of the constitutional referendum, next March 19, seems increasingly uncertain.
The organization of the ballot has taken a lot of delay, in particular the registration of voters with a view to obtaining biometric cards which are to serve as voter cards. As for the draft new Constitution, the League of Imams of Mali opposes the principle of secularism being included in it.
According to blogger Fatouma Harber, known as Tinbutu Woye on social media, the delay in the electoral calendar and the likely postponement of the constitutional referendum, initially announced for March 19, is far from a surprise:
‘’This is something that could only happen. Because we are there, we follow everything that our authorities do. I believe that elections do not happen miraculously or magically. They are being prepared at all levels throughout the national territory. As citizens, we did not see anything coming and we do not see any concrete actions taken by the authorities which go in the direction of holding the constitutional referendum” she explains to the DW.
In the finalized draft of the new Constitution, the articles concerning currency and languages are controversial. Above all, the League of Imams of Mali (Limama) is opposed to secularism being enshrined in the Constitution.
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