Although the putschists in Niger are now showing a willingness to negotiate for the first time, they are not deviating from their position on the deposed president Mohamed Bazoum. The new rulers in the West African state want to hold him accountable for high treason.
As of today, the country’s government has gathered the necessary evidence “to prosecute the deposed president before competent national and international authorities,” Colonel Amadou Abdramane said in a statement read on national television on Sunday night.
Bazoum and “his local and foreign accomplices” would be charged with “treason and assault on Niger’s internal and external security,” it said. The army overthrew the democratically elected president in the Sahel state at the end of July and took power. Bazoum has been held captive ever since.
President: “being held hostage”
The 63-year-old complained to various media outlets that he had been taken as a “hostage” and had to live in inhumane conditions. He was also denied medical care. The military junta denied this. A doctor has not diagnosed any health problems with the president or his family.
The West African Association of States ECOWAS had initially called on the military to reinstate the president and threatened military intervention as a “last resort”. However, an ultimatum issued by ECOWAS was passed without consequences.
Source: Krone
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