M5-RFP
Political movement in Mali
The Movement of June 5 – Rally of Patriotic Forces (French: Mouvement du 5 Juin – Rassemblement des forces patriotiques; M5-RFP) is a political movement in Mali founded in June 2020 in opposition to the government of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.
The imam Mahmoud Dicko, an influential opposition figure who led the M5-RFP, told protestors in August 2020: "This combat is to restore the Malian nation ... If [Keïta] doesn't listen to us, he will see. I swear before God that he will see. But if we don't rush, we will win this victory." The government of Keïta was deposed by a military junta in a coup d'état later that month, after it was embattled by months of protest led by the M5-RFP movement. According to Le Monde and Agence France-Presse, at that point, the movement had become a coalition composed of members of the opposition and religious and civil society.
The following month, in September 2020, M5-RFP rejected a charter produced after discussions between political and civil figures, including M5-RFP representatives, and the military junta for an 18-month transition of power. Among the points of contention, the coalition cited the lack of "recognition of the role of the M5-RFP and the martyrs in the struggle of the Malian people for change" and said that there was a "majority choice of a transition led by a civilian figure". Former defense minister and retired colonel Bah Ndaw was named the interim president later that month by a committee backed by the military junta. Some M5-RFP coalition leaders supported Ndaw's appointment; coalition coordinator Choguel Kokalla Maïga was dissatisfied with the appointment, while Dicko was not involved in the committee's decision to make the appointment.
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