In Burkina Faso, the Patriotic Front is concerned about the threats hanging over the ongoing transition. This grouping of around thirty political parties and civil society organizations denounces the sidelining of politicians in the management of the country and the vagueness surrounding the members of the Patriotic Movement for the Restoration and Safeguarding, the political organ of the ruling junta.
With our correspondent in Burkina Faso, Yaya Boudani
Among the serious threats hanging over the transition in Burkina Faso, there is the sidelining of politicians in the conduct of affairs, the suspension of the activities of political parties and the vagueness surrounding the other members of the Patriotic Movement. for Safeguarding and Restoration (MPSR), according to Guy Yogo, Secretary General of the Patriotic Front: “ It seems important that all of its members are legally known and that the institutional anchoring of the MPSR is specified from the moment that in the charter, it is said that the president of the MPSR is the president of the transition. The threat which weighs consists in building in the popular consciences that having a political connection to militate in a political party separates you from the conduct of the current transition. »
Proofreading
For the Patriotic Front, it is not enough to give arms to the populations within the framework of the fight against terrorism, but it is necessary to develop a real popular defense policy. This grouping of parties and associations requires a review of the various defense agreements between Burkina Faso and France.
“ Revision » defense agreements
Bassirou Sanogo is a member of this group: “ These agreements do not suit us. The leaders, the political parties, the living forces must join hands so that there is a qualitative change in the direction of a revision of these defense agreements “. The Patriotic Front reaffirms its fight for a legitimate and sovereign political transition, the only way for a return to cohesion and peace in Burkina Faso.
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