BAMAKO - Mali's proposed new constitution will shift the balance of executive power from the parliament towards the president.
Junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita received a draft of the proposed constitution this week. The document, which is a key part of the military's bid to retain power until 2024, has not been made public.
According to drafting commission chairman Professor Fousseyni Samaké, if the constitution is accepted, the president will determine the political line which the government will then turn into law.
The president will no longer have the right to dissolve parliament.
The text of the "preliminary draft constitution" arrived two months after it was originally due. Professor Samaké said the deadline had been extended.
