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More than one month after Mali's coup, the role of the militarygovernment in Mali's transition to constitutional order has yet tobe determined, according to West African leaders meeting in Dakar,Senegal on Thursday. In a summit on the post-coup situations inGuinea-Bissau and Mali, the Economic Community of West AfricanStates, or ECOWAS, called for another review of the role of Maliansoldiers who continue to wield power in Mali, despite the existenceof a civilian transitional government. The meeting was the second such summit in a week, as West Africanleaders wrestle with military governments in Guinea-Bissau and Malithat officials say have defied the regional body's decisions,throwing off track efforts to return to constitutional order. The military government in Mali, which this week withstood attacksby soldiers loyal to the ousted president, has yet to step aside,despite the installation of a civilian transitional government. At Thursday's meeting, West African leaders reiterated their callon the military to avoid actions that could disrupt the country'stransition. Head of the ECOWAS commission, Kadr D sir Ou draogo, read out the final communiqu . In this respect, he says, ECOWAS leaders call on the mediator, incollaboration with Mali's interim government, to review the role ofMali's junta in the transition and make recommendations to ECOWAS. During the reading of the final communiqu , Mali's interimpresident, Dioncounda Traor , intervened to point out that itshould include that the review would be done "in respect of" aframework agreement signed by the junta and ECOWAS April 6. That agreement was vague on the junta's role, but coup leaders haveinsisted that under the accord, the junta would continue toinfluence the transition process. Traor told reporters after the meeting that more time was neededto clarify the junta's role in the transition. He says it's not as if we can take a magic wand and tacklesomething like this overnight. He says we have to give it thetime necessary in order to avoid errors. It remains to be seen what influence the junta could haveconcerning a possible deployment of ECOWAS troops in Mali. At Thursday's meeting, West African leaders said ECOWAS shouldprepare a military force to be deployed "as soon as Malianauthorities officially request it." But the junta for weeks hascome out strongly against the proposition of ECOWAS troops onMalian soil. On Guinea-Bissau, where soldiers ousted the interim leader April 12just ahead of a run-off presidential election, ECOWAS hasrecommended that the national assembly resume office and vote for anew speaker, who would then become president of the transition. Guinea-Bissau's junta had rejected an earlier call by West Africanleaders to bring back interim president Raimundo Pereira to leadthe process. The West African heads of state also called for the deployment of aregional military force in Guinea-Bissau to oversee the withdrawalof an Angolan technical assistance mission, ensure the security ofthe transition and help with security sector reform. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as Wood Pellet Line , China Rotary Screen Machine, and more. For more , please visit Biomass Pellets Machine today!
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