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Mauritania woke up without a government. Prime Minister Mohamed Ould Bilal presented his resignation and that of his government to the Head of State, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, this Tuesday, March 29, 2022. No statement to the press was made following this resignation which could partly be explained by the harsh criticism of the President of the Republic.
It was at 8 p.m. on Tuesday evening that the announcement of the resignation of the Prime Minister and his government was made official by the Mauritanian Press Agency. ” I thank the President of the Republic for the trust he has placed in me “Simply indicated Mohamed Ould Bilal.
If the disappearance of Mauritanian nationals in Mali and the tensions over Western Sahara have marked recent news, the local media pointing above all to the tensions between the Head of State and the now ex-Prime Minister.
Last week, President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani once again harshly criticized the government’s work, calling it ” to strive to do one’s duty “. For the Head of State, the involvement of the ministers was not enough: ” Most ministries suffer from a lack of mechanisms to solve citizens’ problems, this is unacceptable. »
A political observer adds, this Wednesday, the lack of results in the fight against corruption, presented as the number one project of the former Prime Minister, the blocking of political dialogue and the soaring prices a few days before the start of Ramadan. . So many breaking points between the two strong men of Mauritania. President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has therefore decided. Mohamed Ould Bilal was Prime Minister since August 2020.