 According to Konate, holding the parliamentary election together with the 2009 local elections or the 2010 presidential election was out of the question.On 19 December 2008, it was announced that the election would be held on 31 May 2009.After the military coup d'état in December 2008, civilian and political groups proposed to hold them in November 2009, before presidential elections that were planned for December 2009 (although later delayed to 2010).