The new strong man of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, announced this Saturday the celebration on October 14 and 15 of “National Assizes” to name a transitional president, before the organization of elections in 2024, after two coups in eight months.
“With a view to the adoption of the transition charter, a national meeting is convened for October 14 and 15” in Ouagadougou, indicates a decree read on RTB national television and signed by Captain Traoré, who took power there a week ago.
These meetings, which in particular bring together political, social and civil society forces, should meet “long before the end of the year,” he said on Monday on RFI radio. This young 34-year-old captain overthrew on September 30 Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who came to power by force in January by overthrowing President-elect Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.
The degradation of security with terrorist attacks
Captain Traoré assured that Ouagadougou would continue to respect the commitments made by Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba with the Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in particular on the organization of elections and the return of civilians to power no later than July 2024.
Ibrahim Traoré justified his putsch on the inability of Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba to stop the continuous deterioration of security in this country hit by jihadism since 2015. Own argument used by Lieutenant Colonel Damiba to justify his January 24 coup against President Kaboré.
In recent months, attacks affecting dozens of civilians and soldiers have multiplied in the north and east of Burkina Faso, where cities are now subject to a blockade by jihadists. On September 26, another deadly attack, claimed by Al-Qaeda, in the north of the country, in Gaskindé, was seen in particular as the catalyst for the coup. At least 37 people were killed, including 27 soldiers and 10 civilians.
Source: BFM TV
