President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta said he would repeal the decrees appointing the judges of the Constitutional Court still in office, which amounts to a “de facto dissolution”. In an attempt to calm the situation, the president announced a “de facto dissolution” of the Constitutional Court on Saturday evening. In a brief televised address, the second in one week, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta said he would repeal the decrees appointing the court judges still in office, which amounts to a “de facto dissolution”. “I have decided to repeal the decrees appointing the remaining members of the Constitutional Court and move towards the implementation of the recommendations of the ECOWAS mission,” he said. At midday on Sunday July 12, Imam Mahmoud Dicko, the moral authority of the protesters, appealed for calm.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 13, 2020 15:33 UTC