Mali’s junta leader, Colonel Assimi Goita has received a draft of a new constitution, a key part of the military’s bid to retain power in the crisis-hit country until 2024.
The text of the “preliminary draft constitution” has not been made public and arrived two months after it was originally due, but the chair of the commission set up to write it said the deadline had been extended.
The so-called transitional presidency said in a statement that Fousseyni Samake warned Goita that any constitution will be subject to challenges, criticism and controversy,”
