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Burkina Faso: Compaore rejects call​s​ to stand down a​s soldiers join protest

Burkina Faso: Compaore rejects call​s​ to stand down a​s soldiers join protest

byPremium Times
October 31, 2014
2 min read

Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore has rejected calls by the opposition to leave office after the country descended into violent protests over his attempt to prolong his stay by another five years.

The army imposed curfew Thursday and announced a transitional government that will last one year, but refused to state clearly who will lead the government.

Mr. Compaore later said he will remain in charge until November 2015 to usher in an elected government.

The head of the armed forces, General Honore Traore, had earlier dissolved parliament and announced talks with all political parties.

Hundreds of soldiers in Burkina Faso on Thursday joined demonstrators opposing plans to extend Mr. Compaore’s nearly three-decade rule, Radio France Internationale reported.

It said that protesters earlier stormed parliament and set it on fire.

While part of the army was helping police to repress demonstrations, about 500 soldiers from Ouagadougou’s main barracks joined protesters asking for power to change hands on a central square.

It said the president’s brother; Francois Compaore had been arrested at the airport when trying to leave the country.

However, Compaore’s whereabouts were not known.

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It reported that national radio and television were off the air while internet services were interrupted.

Witnesses said that they saw flames and smoke coming from the parliament building.

The storming of parliament was preceded by clashes with police.

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Demonstrators said that police fired live bullets and seriously injured several of them, following overnight clashes in which tear gas was used.

West Africa Democracy Radio in Dakar said that one person had been killed during protests in Ouagadougou, and that the home of the speaker of the national assembly had been looted.

Demonstrations were reported in many parts of the country.

The city hall and the mayor’s residence were set on fire in the second-largest city Bobo-Dioulasso.

In Koudougou in the centre of the country, headquarters of the governing Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) were burned down. CDP offices and residences of its representatives were looted in several places.

Parliament had been due on Thursday to consider amending the constitution to allow Mr. Compaore to contest elections in 2015 by extending term limits.

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Demonstrators had vowed to prevent legislators from entering parliament.

Ouagadougou has seen several days of protests after opposition leader, Zephirin Diabre, called on citizens to protest against the “manipulation’’ of the constitution.

Mr. Compaore, 63, took power in a 1987 coup and was re-elected four times since 1991, for two seven-year and two five-year terms, in elections whose transparency was questioned.

Constitutional limits introduced in 2005 would prevent Mr. Compaore from running for president in 2015.

Young demonstrators said Compaore’s long rule had allowed his family and allies to grab most economic power.

The European Union (EU) criticised the planned constitutional amendment, stressing the need for political and democratic alternation.

“Everything that risks jeopardising stability, equitable development and progress towards democracy must be rejected,” EU Foreign Policy Chief, Catherine Ashton, said in a statement.

(dpa/NAN)

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