Political analyst and lecturer Michale Ebo Amoah has opined that the suspension of Mali from ECOWAS is not deterring enough.
Mr. Ebo Amoah described the action by ECOWAS as vague.
West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Sunday suspended Mali’s membership in response to last week’s coup.
ECOWAS says leaders in Mali must stick to a timetable for a return to democracy, but stopped short of imposing new sanctions.
In a communique after the summit, ECOWAS said Mali’s membership in the bloc was suspended with immediate effect.
However, it did not announce sanctions like those it imposed after the coup last August.
Per the sanctions last year, members of ECOWAS temporarily closed their borders with landlocked Mali and halted financial transactions.
Reacting, the lecturer said the suspension of Mali is vague and did not have any form of sanctions.
He said the sanctions should have been specific adding,. the last time you closed your borders. The sanction is just a suspension. How are they going to feel the effect?”
He was speaking to Kwabena Agyapong on Frontline on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm.
He added that there should have been a stiffer punishment, the members should have closed their borders to Mali.
To him, the African Union should also suspend Mali so they would be forced to return to the civilian government.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com