In Burkina Faso, military leader says return to constitutional order will occur "when conditions are right"

By Thiam Ndiaga, Anne Mimault, Aaron Ross and Bate Felix, 31 January 2022
Capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou (photo credit: Dimanche Yaméogo / AFD)
Capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou (photo credit: Dimanche Yaméogo / AFD)
Burkina Faso's new military leader Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba said on [27 January] that the West African country return to constitutional order when conditions are right. Damiba spoke for the first time on national television since leading a mutiny that ousted President Roch Marc Kabore [...]. "When the conditions are right, according to the deadline that our people will define in all sovereignty, I commit to a return to a normal constitutional order," Damiba said. [...] The junta said on Monday after seizing power that it would propose a calendar for a return to constitutional order "within a reasonable time frame" but has not elaborated on its plans.
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