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Malians are called to the polls Sunday for the first round of the presidential election. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta is a candidate for his own succession. The other 23 competitors fear fraud.
Five years after his victory in the presidential election in Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, nicknamed IBK, is seeking a second term. The first round is Sunday, July 29th. Eight million Malians are voting in 23,000 offices. The 23 opponents of IBK are worried about possible cases of fraud.
At the price of long hours of negotiations conducted until Saturday between the candidates and the authorities, the government has folded and agreed to supervise more strictly the question of proxy votes. A 'phew' of relief certainly but does not erase all fears. Soumaïla Cissé, the main rival of President Keïta, revealed the existence of a parallel voter register that would have 200,000 more voters. He does not mince words: "We have a cheating president, a cheating government, and public opinion must know and draw the consequences."
It's a democracy that we want to build is a Republic that we want to consolidate. It is done on the truth and not on the lie to Franceinfo
The main opponent to the power in place continues: "I think this fraud on the files, c It shows that the government and the president have lost their feet, he knows he can not win normally, so what does he do? He tries to defraud. "
Despite the accusations, the fears and the risks of fraud, the election will take place because nobody wanted to take the risk of a cancellation. Oumar Mariko, candidate of the Sadi party ( African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence) assumes his choice. "But one thing is clear: I do not expect elections to be transparent, credible, and anyone going to vote" he regrets.
This Malian presidential candidate recalls that Mali has "obtained democracy in 1991 at the price of blood " . At the time, the dictatorship of Lieutenant Moussa Traoré was overthrown. "We wait for everyone to play their role: the government organizes the elections and the candidates mobilize the citizens so that we can have results that respond to the mobilization of the citizens."
The results of the first round of the presidential election are expected later this week.
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