He says he is sending the code back to the legislature for a second reading so that it can obtain the support and understanding of Mali's citizens.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

"And it is a tax code that says you should pay lower taxes if you create a job in Bangalore,India than if you create one in Buffalo,New York."

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

Supporters of the code, more than a decade in the making, praised it as enhancing the rights of women and girls, who they say have been traditionally viewed as second-class citizens.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

"It is a tax code that makes it all too easy for a small number of individuals and companies to abuse overseas tax havens to avoid paying any taxes at all,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

"It is a fact,unfortunately, that the word democracy has become a code word in recent years for regime change and maybe for armed intervention regime change, but at the end of the day, there is a core value that Americans have stood for, that we have to continue stand for, and we can't allow that as well to become a fundamental impediment to improving the relations we are talking about."

VOA: standard.2009.04.24