In Burkina, it is the crisis within the Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP), the party of former President Blaise Compaoré. A congress opened this Saturday and continues this Sunday, at the initiative of the outgoing president, Eddie Komboïgo, candidate for his own succession. And this while the day before, members of his national executive board had suspended him from his instances.
Eddie Komboïgo, Saturday before the opening of the congress, said he was confident and said he had ” really want to represent yourself For a new term. He also assured to be in his right, despite the legal action of “ his friends “, He said, so that this congress is postponed. A lawsuit ultimately lost on appeal, paving the way for him under, in his words, “ the force of res judicata “.
On the side of his opponents in the executive office of the CDP, it was nevertheless confirmed that Eddie Komboïgo had indeed been ” suspended “For six months, the day before, for having wanted” pass in force »And organize this congress against their opinion and against the statutes of the party. A source within the office nevertheless refrained from commenting publicly on the current congress, which many tenors do not attend.
The leadership of the party of former President Blaise Compaoré has been tearing apart for several weeks. Eddie Komboïgo’s opponents blame him for “ marked indiscipline “And a distrust of the former head of state in exile in Côte d’Ivoire, who was also a founder and” honorary president Of the CDP, and who according to them objected in writing to the holding of a congress.