Gouagnon Coulibaly
Gouagnon Coulibaly | |
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| President of the Union for the Republic and Democracy | |
| Assumed office April 2023 | |
| Representative of Kati in the National Assembly of Mali | |
| Assumed office ? | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1962 Kolokani, Mali |
Gouagnon Coulibaly (born 15 August 1962)[1] is a member of the National Assembly of Mali, representing Kati,[2][3] and a member of the Union for the Republic and Democracy (URD) political party.[4][5] In 2022, he was elected president of the URD but was accused of electoral fraud, leading to several months of conflict with opponent Salikou Sanogo. Coulibaly officially took office in April 2023 after the Supreme Court affirmed his presidency.[6]
He was the campaign manager for Soumaïla Cissé in the 2013 Malian presidential election.[7] He accused Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of ballot stuffing during the campaign.[8][7]
During the 2020 Malian protests, he has claimed to represent the M5-RFP coalition. When ECOWAS recommended the resignation of 31 Parliamentarians whose election in the 2020 Malian parliamentary election were disputed, he rejected the proposal, claiming it violated the Constitution of Mali.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Élection de Gouagnon à la présidence de l'URD : Un Rassembleur arrive ! Que fera-t-il de sa victoire ?" [Election of Gouagnon as president of the URD: A Rassembler is coming! What will he do with his victory?] (in French). Mali Web. 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "Assemblée nationale du Mali: Liste des députés qui doivent démissionner selon les recommandations phares de la CEDEAO" (in French). Bamada.net. July 28, 2020. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
1- Gouagnon coulibaly (kati) – URD
- ^ Journal du Mali [@JourDuMali] (July 29, 2020). "#Mali #Crise 1/2 Conférence de presse des "31 députés" " Nous nous sommes concertés et nous n'allons pas démissionner.Notre constitution est violée par la déclaration de la #CEDEAO.Un député est élu pour 5 ans." Gouagnon Coulibaly, député #URD élu dans la circonscription de #kati" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Hoije, Katarina (March 26, 2020). "Mali's Main Opposition Leader Abducted During Vote Campaign". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
A party official on Friday confirmed that Cisse and several members of his 11-person delegation had been kidnapped. Five of them were found and Cisse's bodyguard had been killed, Gouagnon Coulibaly said by phone from Bamako, the capital.
- ^ Coulibaly, Gouagnon (March 17, 2020). "Gouagnon COULIBALY". Facebook. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ^ Laplace, Manon (2023-04-14). "Au Mali, la justice tranche la succession de Soumaïla Cissé à l'URD" [In Mali, justice decides the succession of Soumaïla Cissé to the URD] (in French). Jeune Afrique. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ a b Agence France-Presse (August 11, 2013). "Cisse concedes defeat against Keita in Mali presidential vote". Bangkok Post.
But Gouagnon Coulibaly, Cisse's campaign manager, said there had been "massive fraud" during the election, without elaborating, and accused the transitional government of being "partisan" in favour of Keita.
- ^ Ahmed, Baba; Larson, Kristina (August 13, 2013). "Top candidate's party in Mali accused of fraud". Taiwan News.
Cisse's national campaign coordinator said that a ballot box full of votes had been discovered around the time polls opened Sunday at one Bamako polling station. Other stuffed ballot boxes were found at two mosques, Gouagnon Coulibaly alleged.
- ^ Diallo, Tiemoko; Prentice, Alessandra (July 29, 2020). Grebler, Dan (ed.). "Contested Mali lawmakers will not step down, says representative". Reuters.
"We decided not to resign because we believe the ECOWAS decision violates the constitution," MP Gouagnon Coulibaly told Reuters by phone, saying he represented the group.