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Niger junta sets out five-year transition to constitutional rule (www.rfi.fr)

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Niger's ruling junta said there would be a five-year transition to constitutional rule starting from Wednesday, in an announcement during a signing ceremony for a new transition charter.

Junta leader Abdourahamane Tiani was sworn in as the country's transitional president on Wednesday.

A senior government official said Tiani will head the nation over a five-year "flexible" transition to constitutional rule.

The move effectively rebuffed attempts by the regional bloc to quicken the return to democracy.

The military in power in the Sahelian country staged a coup in 2023 and ousted President Mohamed Bazoum.

The five-year “flexible” transition period began on Wednesday, according to Mahamane Roufai, the secretary general of the government, who was speaking at a ceremony in the capital Niamey where the new transition charter recommended by a recent national conference was approved.

Tchiani, an army veteran, was also elevated to the country’s highest military rank of army general, cementing his grip on power.

The new president would have been in power for about seven years by the end of the transition period in 2030, following similar patterns of prolonged stints in power in Africa’s junta-led countries, including Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso.

The time frame announced on Wednesday was in line with recommendations made in February by a commission following national discussions.

Niger’s junta had initially proposed a three-year transition period right after the coup but that was rejected by Ecowas, which called it a provocation and threatened to intervene with the use of force.

Ecowas : West African economic group

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[–] TacoButtPlug 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't understand how a junta can have any concept of law or constitution. That's liks asking an evangelical to explain morality.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

it's very common for military to enforce democracy, though it doesn't mean it's good.

Turkey has used it in 1960, 1980, 2003 and attempted in 2016 (depending on who you ask) where the military enforced a reinstitution of democracy each time. But it failed in 2016, so who can say.