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--- Abdoul Sylla <boudoul@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Former Dictator Swaps Prison for Swanky Villa
> Tue Jul 16, 9:39 AM ET
> By Tiemoko Diallo
>
> BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's former dictator Moussa
> Traore has finally agreed to leave prison, weeks
> after he was pardoned for murder, because the
> government has found a suitably dignified residence
> for him, an aide said Monday. Traore, who ruled the
> impoverished West African country for 23 years
> before being ousted in 1991, was given a
> presidential pardon in May for humanitarian reasons,
> ending life sentences for murder and corruption
> alongside his wife Mariam.
>
> But Traore rejected the pardon given by outgoing
> President Alpha Konare, saying he would not leave
> the facility where he was heavily guarded some 250
> km (160 miles) from the capital Bamako unless
> he got the privileges of a former president.
>
> As an ex-president, Traore would be entitled to an
> official residence, full-time security and a
> monthly allowance.
>
> A senior official at the Patriotic Movement for
> Renewal party which supports Traore said Monday
> the former dictator moved last Thursday into a
> luxurious house in Bamako which had initially been
> earmarked for Konare. The state bought the villa
> from a former banker and then refurbished it so
> Konare could move in after he stepped down as
> president in May. However the former president
> preferred a small, made-to-measure palace on the
> outskirts of Bamako.
>
> Traore took power in a 1968 and ruled the landlocked
> former French colony until he was booted out
> by paratroop colonel Amadou Toumani Toure -- who
> gave up power after 1992 elections but won a
> presidential election landslide in May. Traore, 65,
> was condemned to death in 1993 on charges of
> murder related to the killing of more than 150
> pro-democracy protesters in the days before his
> fall. Both he and his wife were sentenced to death
> for economic crimes in 1999. The sentences were
> later commuted to life imprisonment.
>
>
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