Henceforth, the interior ministry will be in charge of organizing elections.
A government minister said the commission cost about $870,000 a year and that removing it would help the country have more control over its elections and reduce outside influence.
Since taking power in a coup in September 2022, the military has delayed elections and extended the transition to democracy until 2029. This lets the current leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, stay in power and run for president in the future.
Since taking power in a coup in September 2022, the military has delayed elections and extended the transition to democracy until 2029. This lets the current leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, stay in power and run for president in the future.
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ReplyDeleteGreat one!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is what it means cutting down the cost of governance..
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You always rush to make unreasonable comments.
DeleteSeriously!!!. You these guys ehn.
DeleteYou can't see what is really means, the military guy will become a 'civilian' and this his agency will just be declaring him winner of all elections.
In the end, they are all the same.
ReplyDeleteAn African man will always remain an African man.
He seeks to cling to power at any cost, by disguising his intentions by pretending to be a fighting politician, much like Abacha did. So, we are aware of their tactics.
You raise a fair point, @Pedrocross - the cycle is familiar. But in the chaos that grips much of the continent, might Burkina Faso fare better under a disciplined, benevolent authority? One that steadies the ship in the short term, even if he tightens his grip or morphs politically, for better or worse, rather than another rinse-and-repeat hollow democracy led by paper democrats and entrenched strongmen? The kind whose rule is dressed up as reform, yet reeks of autocracy beneath the perfume of ballots?
DeleteFrom my little understanding of national affairs then, politically, Abacha got it terribly wrong. But economically? I’ll admit - there was stability, even if momentary - for proactive short-term goals. With a positive sense of grounded urgency, unlike the chronic flatulence and fiscal purging we’ve endured for over a decade. Frankly, everything I’ve read or believed about democracy has been unmasked, demystified, rearranged and re-ordered by the Nigerian brand of democracy. And, to a sobering degree, by the African experience.
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DeleteAt the end they're all the same power drunk lot.
ReplyDeleteNah so dictatorship dey take start
ReplyDeleteThey are ' switching ' to democracy
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