Mali: après la tentative de coup d'État déjouée, le colonel Malick Diaw sur la sellette?

Vice President of the CNSP (National Committee for the Salvation of the People) Colonel Malick Diaw arrives to the Malian Ministry of Defence for a meeting with Malian politicians, in Bamako, on August 20, 2020, two days after a military coup ousted the president. - West African leaders on August 20, said they would dispatch envoys to coup-stricken Mali to help secure "the return of constitutional order" and called for its ousted president to be restored to office. Rebel soldiers on August 18 launched a mutiny in a barracks on the outskirts of Bamako, detained the president and prime minister and declared they had taken power. (Photo by MALIK KONATE / AFP)
Vice President of the CNSP (National Committee for the Salvation of the People) Colonel Malick Diaw arrives to the Malian Ministry of Defence for a meeting with Malian politicians, in Bamako, on August 20, 2020, two days after a military coup ousted the president. - West African leaders on August 20, said they would dispatch envoys to coup-stricken Mali to help secure "the return of constitutional order" and called for its ousted president to be restored to office. Rebel soldiers on August 18 launched a mutiny in a barracks on the outskirts of Bamako, detained the president and prime minister and declared they had taken power. (Photo by MALIK KONATE / AFP)
Vice President of the CNSP (National Committee for the Salvation of the People) Colonel Malick Diaw arrives to the Malian Ministry of Defence for a meeting with Malian politicians, in Bamako, on August 20, 2020, two days after a military coup ousted the president. - West African leaders on August 20, said they would dispatch envoys to coup-stricken Mali to help secure "the return of constitutional order" and called for its ousted president to be restored to office. Rebel soldiers on August 18 launched a mutiny in a barracks on the outskirts of Bamako, detained the president and prime minister and declared they had taken power. (Photo by MALIK KONATE / AFP)

Mali: après la tentative de coup d'État déjouée, le colonel Malick Diaw sur la sellette?

Lundi 16 mai, les autorités maliennes ont annoncé avoir déjoué une tentative de coup d’État. Parmi les officiers interpellés, le plus gradé est le lieutenant-colonel Amadou Keïta. Également membre du CNT, il est considéré comme un proche du colonel Malick Diaw, l’un des cinq piliers du coup d’État d’août 2020. Depuis, les spéculations vont bon train.

Malick Diaw est l’un des cinq piliers du coup d’État d’août 2020, mené aux côtés dAssimi Goïta. Alors premier vice-président de la junte du Comité national pour le salut du peuple (CNSP), Malick Diaw est aujourd’hui président du Conseil national de transition (CNT) du Mali, qui fait office d’assemblée législative en attendant de futures élections.

Si le CNT a officiellement dénoncé la tentative de coup d’État menée dans la nuit du 11 au 12 mai et a appelé à ce que ses auteurs soient tous identifiés et traduits en justice, beaucoup ont remarqué que ce n’était pas Malick Diaw qui avait signé le communiqué. « Le président signe les déclarations et le secrétaire général signe les communiqués » justifie-t-on au CNT. Lire la suite...