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(21 Aug 2020) The military junta ruling Mali following this week's coup is seeking a transitional president to return the country civilian rule, the group's spokesman said.
Col. Maj. Ismael Wague said the newly-formed National Committee for the Salvation of the People will meet with political parties and civil society groups to determine the duration and composition of the transition.
His statement came as West African leaders escalated pressure on the junta and urge them to restore President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to power.
Wague, however, denied that the junta had carried out a coup d’etat, saying that Mali still had constitutional order and that Keita was only being held at army barracks for his own protection.
He denied that the president had been ousted.
“The president of the republic resigned on his own after making an analysis of the country’s situation,” Wague said.
Mali's opposition coalition, the M5-RFP, has not yet said if it will be part of the transition, though experts say it is likely.
It is holding marches on Friday in the capital Bamako “to pay tribute to the Malian people for their heroic struggle,” the coalition said.
The coalition welcomed Keita’s resignation and the dissolution of the National Assembly, it added.
Though the M5-RFP was not involved in the overthrow, it led mass demonstrations starting in June calling for Keita’s ouster.
The ECOWAS regional bloc has called for the creation of a standby regional military force for possible intervention in Mali, saying Keita must be allowed to serve out the three years left in his term after this week’s “coup attempt.”
ECOWAS leaders, after an urgent summit meeting on Thursday, warned that Mali's junta was responsible for the safety of Keita and all other detained government officials.
They said they would soon send a delegation to Bamako to try to help restore constitutional order.

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