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Former President Jerry John Rawlings has urged Mali’s new leadership to use the transition period to display exceptional leadership and lead the country into a prosperous era.
The former president made the call when a four-man delegation from the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) led by its president, Colonel Assimi Goïta, visited him in Accra on Tuesday. Photographs from the meeting also captured the daughter of Mr. Rawlings and the Member of Parliament for Accra’s Klottey-Korley constituency, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings.
A statement issued by Mr. Rawlings’ Office said it urged Mali’s leaders to mobilize their people to engage in productive activity through a positive vision to boost the country’s development. He also advised them to empower and encourage people to own their political climate and to improve the quality of multi-party democracy that the Western powers “have hung around our necks.”
Mr. Rawlings and Colonel Assimi Goïta
“The level of corruption that has become an integral part of multiparty democracy has created a general climate of stress and tension that can destabilize some areas of our region. It is regrettable that the world is being forced into a multi-party democracy with corruption and violence instead of other forms of democratic practices with no or minimal corruption. Unfortunately, the West seems to favor corruptible political tendencies to continue dominating our security and economy, ”said the former president.
Former President Rawlings also encouraged the transition unit to rule with humility and diligence and inspire people to fight and challenge corruption and injustice.
He said he was diligently conveying the concerns of ECOWAS leaders while sharing his own experiences and political observations.
The meeting took place after ECOWAS leaders held an extraordinary meeting with Malian leaders in Peduase, Ghana, to discuss political developments in Mali.
Colonel Assimi Goïta was accompanied by Colonel Ismaël Wagué, Major Talibe Konte and Captain Demba N’daw. Also present was the Malian ambassador to Ghana, Abdoul Kader Toure.
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