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Burkina: the putschist Ibrahim Traoré invested president of the transition

2022-10-21T11:55:09.892Z


Burkina Faso's new strongman, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who seized power in a September 30 coup, was sworn in on Friday...


The new strongman of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who took power in a coup on September 30, was invested Friday, October 21 transitional president by the Constitutional Council, noted AFP.

This is the second coup that the Constitutional Council invests in eight months, after the swearing in of Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who came to power in a coup at the end of January, before being himself overthrown. September 30.

“The existence of the nation is in danger”

"

I swear before the people of Burkina Faso and on my honor to preserve, respect, enforce and defend the Constitution, the transition charter and the laws

" of Burkina, said, right hand raised, Ibrahim Traoré taking the oath before the Constitutional Council.

"

The Council takes note of your oath (...) and sends you back to the exercise of your functions

", indicated the interim president of the constitutional council, Bouraima Cissé.

According to the transition charter adopted last week, the transition must end in July 2024 with the holding of a presidential election in which Ibrahim Traoré will not be able to participate.

"

The existence of the nation is in danger

", declared Ibrahim Traoré after his inauguration, in reference to the recurrent jihadist attacks which undermine the country.

“Transition Reframing”

We are facing an unprecedented security and humanitarian crisis.

Our objectives are none other than the reconquest of the territory occupied by these hordes of terrorists

", he added, dressed in a combat fatigues girded with a scarf in the colors of Burkina, his head wearing a red beret. and a mask showing only his eyes.

Friday's ceremony was held in front of representatives of the constituted bodies, the army, and the country's "

living forces

".

No foreign representative attended the swearing-in ceremony which was held in a small room in the Constitutional Council.

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A few hours before the swearing-in, access to the Council was filtered by a large security force system around the institution's headquarters in Ouagadougou, noted an AFP journalist.

This investiture was provided for in the transition charter adopted last week by the national assizes, bringing together the living forces of the country, having unanimously designated Captain Traoré, "

president of the transition, head of state, supreme head national armed forces

”.

The charter also provides for the forthcoming establishment of a legislative assembly of 71 members and a government of 25 ministers.

On January 24, soldiers led by Lieutenant-Colonel Damiba and grouped in a junta called the Patriotic Movement for Safeguarding and Restoration (MPSR) overthrew President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, accused of incapacity in the face of attacks. jihadists who have multiplied in Burkina.

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But these attacks have not ceased in eight months and, faced with the constant deterioration of the situation, a new putsch took place on September 30, which brought Captain Traoré to power.

Since January 24, until September 30, we have observed drifts which have led to a reframing of this transition

”, summed up Captain Traoré on Friday in his speech.

Source: lefigaro

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