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'Will continue to fight': Mali's political parties speak out against dissolution threat / 44G73NW
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Young representatives of Malian opposition parties, fearing their dissolution by the ruling junta, meet at the Maison de la presse in Bamako and call for respect for democracy. They are raising their voices despite a crackdown on dissent and a shrinking civic space.
The military announced on Wednesday the repeal of a charter which sets out the creation and function of political parties, in what legal experts said could be another move towards scrapping them entirely.
"Our initiative is not against the authorities, it's not against anyone. It's for a cause that is democracy and political pluralism," says Hamidou Doumbia, political secretary of the Yelema party. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES