Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Henri Damiba, the head of the ruling junta in Burkina Faso, received this Tuesday, June 21, 2022 former presidents Roch Marc Christian Kaboré and Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo. On the agenda for this hearing, security issues and the conduct of the Transition. This meeting marks the beginning of a series of actions envisaged by the president for an easing of the political situation.
With our correspondence in Ouagadougou, Yaya Boudani
This is the first official meeting between the two men since the fall of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, January 24. Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba and his two predecessors at the head of Burkina discussed security issues, the conduct of the Transition and many other subjects of national interest, according to the communication department of the presidency .
Building unity against terrorism
Roch Marc Kaboré was seated to the left of President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, while former President Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo was to his right. The meeting between these three personalities bears witness to the Head of State’s desire for reconciliation, for a united, determined and united Burkina in the fight against the terrorist hydraaccording to the press release from the presidency, which adds that it translates the materialization of the call for national unity and social cohesion launched by the President of the transition.
This meeting marks the beginning of a series of actions envisaged by the Head of State with a view to defusing the political situation and promoting the participation of all Burkinabè in the work of national reconstruction, underlines the same source.
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