Burkina Faso Coup Leader Pronounced President
Burkina Faso’s new military leader, Lt.- Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has been declared president by the country’s top constitutional body. THE WILL reports.
The Constitutional Council on Wednesday said that “Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, lieutenant-colonel in the national armed forces, president of the Patriotic Movement for Preservation and Restoration (the official name of the junta), is the president” of Burkina Faso.
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The recent development was confirmed in an announcement by the junta on January 31 that said Damiba would be appointed to those roles for a transitional period and would be assisted by two vice presidents. Information Guide Nigeria
In a statement presented on Thursday, the Constitutional Council said that Damiba’s formal swearing-in would take place on February 16 in the capital Ouagadougou.
Facing pressure from West African bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the continental body, the African Union (AU), the junta last week reversed its suspension of the constitution and scrapped an overnight curfew.
But the key issue of a date for elections remains unsettled. jamb results
On January 24, the junta vowed to re-establish “constitutional order” within a “reasonable time”.
On Saturday, it announced that a 15-member commission would be set up with the goal of “drawing up a draft charter and agenda, together with a proposal for the duration of the transition period.” The panel will be given two weeks in which to report back, it added.
One of the world’s poorest and most volatile countries, Burkina Faso is struggling with a jihadist campaign that has claimed more than 2,000 lives and forced around 1.5 million to flee their homes.
The country has been suspended from ECOWAS, although it escaped sanctions following last week’s restoration of the constitution.
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Live, Study and Work in Canada. No Payment is Required! Hurry Now click here to Apply >> Immigrate to CanadaOn Wednesday, the UN Security Council expressed “serious concern” over Burkina Faso’s “unconstitutional change of government”.
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