Coup captain Traoré is appointed transitional president of Burkina Faso until 2024

Captain Ibrahim Traorewho took the power of Burkina Faso two weeks ago with a coup, he was appointed on Friday “unanimously” as transitional president until the next elections scheduled for July 2024.

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Faced since 2015 with a wave of innas national assemblies that brought together some 300 army and police representativestraditional and religious organizations, civil society, trade unions, political parties and internally displaced persons, victims of jihadism.

The 34-year-old officer, who stood up on September 30 against the coup leader, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damibasigned on Friday a “Transition Statute” that makes him president for the next 21 months.

“The mandate of the president of the transition will come to an end with the investiture of the president come out of the presidential election” expected in 2024, affirms this standard.

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“The president of the transition is not eligible in the presidential, legislative and municipal elections that will be organized to complete the transition”he adds.

The Statute maintains a government of 25 members and a Transitional Legislative Assembly of 71 members, 20 of them appointed by Traoré and 16 by the Security and Defense Forces.

On January 24, soldiers led by Lieutenant Colonel Sandaogo Damiba deposed the president-elect Roch Marc Christian Kaborecriticizing his inability to face the jihadist attacks that multiplied in the country.

But after eight months of military rule, the situation continued to deteriorate until the coup. I broughtThat promised “refocus the transition on the security emergencies”.

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Since his coup, the captain I brought enjoyed support on the streets. On Friday, hundreds of people demonstrated near the site of the assemblies, displaying his portraits, shouting his name and waving flags of Burkina, Russia and Mali.

“We want the captain I brought or nothing. It is necessary that the participants in the assemblies clearly understand this message and follow the people’s choice”, one protester said, Sayouba Ouedraogo.

Since the arrival of the new and young leader, the speculation that Burkina will follow in the footsteps of neighboring Maliwho has moved away from Francethe former colonial power, and has moved closer to Russia.

Source: Elcomercio

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