tell us about general amadou haya sanoga. >> general amadou haya sanoga just been nominated in august. he used to be captain amadou haya sanoga. he led the coup in march 2012. he removed the former president and was leader. he was a powerful man during the last year. but criticism has come. what is claiming a fight. he was ruling the country, he couldn't fight in the north. since the french intervention, the power of the soldiers around general amadou haya sanoga have been diminished. what we see today is maybe a return to a normal state in mali. >> even in the north? >> in the north the situation is fluid. the situation is more stabilized than a few months back, but there is a lot of issues to be solved. until the army secures of the north >> what is happening in mali in terms of the political prorks the polls held last sunday? is this a march towards democracy that is unstoppable. >> unstoppable is a big assumption. what we see is the fact that the president feels strong enough to lead the arrest of the former leader, moving forward until the summer. the ruler of mali over the last