Mali, entre las percepciones de la diáspora y la institucionalidad de la sociedad de origen: En camino hacia la representación política.

Abstract

In 1991, the state of Mali decided to enact a law that would grant Malians abroad the right to be represented in their National Assembly. In this context, the following research analyzed the perception of the Malian Diaspora towards the representation of emigrants in government institutions; taking into account the fragile situation of legitimacy the current administration is going through. This study lead to the conclusion that there are loopholes in the mechanism of representation of Malians abroad, which affect negatively the perception of the Diaspora towards governmental institutions. Similarly, it became evident that this mechanism is going through a process of institutionalization, which will only be effective once the government, formally and normatively, acknowledges the number of seats for Malians abroad within the National Assembly.