Thirteen candidates, including President Roch Kaboré who is seeking a second term, and the main favorites were selected for the presidential election on November 22 in Burkina Faso, the Constitutional Council announced on Thursday (October 22).
Opposition leader Zéphirin Diabré, Eddie Komboïgo, candidate of the former ruling party under former President Blaise Compaoré, and Kadré Desiré Ouédraogo, former Prime Minister of Mr. Compaoré, also appear on the returned list. public, as well as the former Prime Minister under the transition, General Yacouba Isaac Zida, in exile in Canada.
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Only one name out of the fourteen candidatures transmitted on October 7 by the independent national electoral commission (Ceni) was rejected: Kindo Harouna, for non-payment of the deposit (25 million FCFA).
The presidential election of November 22 will be coupled with legislative elections.
Experts from the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) and the African Union (AU) estimated Wednesday, after a week of audit, that the electoral register of Burkina Faso was
"reliable"
for
"elections in confidence "
.
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The elections will nevertheless take place in troubled conditions in this poor Sahelian country, which has been the scene of jihadist violence for five years.
Whole swathes of the country are affected by this violence which has left 1,200 dead and more than a million displaced, which makes the successful holding of elections in many regions uncertain.
The thirteen validated applications: Tahirou Barry (MCR), Zéphirin Diabré (UPC), Me Farama Ségui Ambroise (OPA-BF), Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (MPP), Monique Yeli Kam (MRF), Ablassé Ouédraogo (otherwise Faso), Eddie Komboïgo (CDP), Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo (ADF-RDA), Kadré Desiré Ouédraogo (Acting together), Do Pascal Sessouma (Burkina vision), Pr Abdoulaye Soma (Soleil d'Avenir), Claude Aimé Tassembedo (independent), Yacouba Isaac Zida (MPS).
