The first round of elections ended on Sunday, which is unlikely to come up for several days while the second phase will begin on April 19.
Bamako … News Time
A long-delayed election was held in the country just one day after the first death of the Coronavirus in Mali however, the main opposition leaders in the country are kidnappers who are said to have jihadists. According to a report published in the newspaper, there were security concerns regarding the vote to select members in 147 National Assembly seats before the first death of Covid 19 in a war-torn African country. However, a few hours before the start of voting on Saturday, a 71-year-old man who recently returned from France was declared dead from the Corona virus, with 20 cases of Covid-19 reported so far in Mali.
Souleymane Diallo, a 34-year-old teacher who came to vote in the capital Bamako, said that I came to vote but I was scared. He added that as you can see there is nobody here, probably because it is morning time but it is not unexpected because of the situation. In Mali there is a fear that a poor country with a population of 90 million could spread Code 19 to a large part of the state. Regarding the elections, Prime Minister Boubou Cissé acknowledged that the turnout was not good. He further said that I appeal to voters to remember to respect the hurdles and take sanitation measures. He also said that the turnout is particularly satisfying.
It should be noted that in Mali, there were elections in 2013, in which President Bubaker Keita’s Rally won the majority of the elections, which is now the first parliamentary election. Parliamentary elections were to be held in late 2018 following the re-election of the president, but he was postponed several times due to security concerns. Authorities said that 2 million people affected by violence on a daily basis in the central and northern parts of Mali will not be able to exercise their right to vote. The first round of elections ended on Sunday, which is unlikely to come up for several days while the second phase will begin on April 19.
