section_path: Protests and government response/Preceding Events
section_name: Preceding Events
paragraph_text: Preceding Events
  
  The protests came a week after the government issued a decree in the Council of Ministers seeking to repeal the law governing the charter of political parties; they also followed the recent arrest of prominent opposition figure Mamadou Traoré, who had accused top-ranking members in the regime of corruption. On April 30, prominent officials in government proposed an extended five-year mandate for the president and the dissolution of all political parties.