Burkina Faso "more than ever needs its partners," said the head of the junta

For the first time since his capture on Monday, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba addressed the Burkinabè Thursday evening January 27 on the eve of an extraordinary summit of the Cédéao devoted to the situation in Burkina.The putschist officer who overthrew President Roch Kaboré pronounced a speech broadcast by national television, RTB.The head of the junta exposed his priority: to overcome terrorism.He also gave indications on his agenda and wanted to reassure inside as outside Burkina, on the eve of a summit of the West African states which could lead to sanctions.

Lieutenant-Colonel Damiba assures him: his decision to reverse power was "imposed by the course of events".For the rest, the officer remains vague on his calendar, reports our special envoy to Ouagadougou, Pierre Pinto.But it gives pledges as to the probable upcoming implementation of a transition.

"I agree to summon the living forces of the nation to agree with a roadmap which will aim to project and carry out the recovery wanted by all Burkinabè.When the conditions are met according to the deadlines that our people will have sovereignly defined, I am committed to a return to a normal constitutional life.»»

Après une mise en garde contre les « actes de trahison contre les aspirations»» du peuple, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba a tenu à rassurer les partenaires du Burkina : « Le Burkina Faso a plus que jamais besoin de ses partenaires.This is why I call the international community to support our country so that it can get out of this crisis as quickly as possible to resume its march towards development.I know how to understand the legitimate doubts aroused by this rupture in the normal march of the state.But I would like to reassure all the friends of Burkina Faso that the country will continue to respect its international commitments, in particular with regard to respect for human rights.»»

Dans ce premier discours, le nouvel homme fort du pays promet que le nouveau régime prendra en compte « le cultivateur qui n’a rien récolté la saison dernière»» ou « les femmes, cheffes de ménage, qui peinent à nourrir leurs enfants»».

A summit of the Cédéao, before a mission on site?

West African heads of state come together, virtually, at the extraordinary summit this Friday, January 28 at 10 am to rule on Burkina Faso.As they did for Mali and Guinea, they should decide this morning to suspend Burkina Faso from its instances.Will they go further?Maybe not immediately.

Mardi, l’organisation sous-régionale avait « condamné fermement»» ce coup d’État, estimant que celui-ci « marquait un recul démocratique majeur»» pour le pays. « Nous sommes déterminés, au niveau de la Cédéao, à faire en sorte que l’expérience de confiscation de pouvoir par une junte militaire soit un échec au Mali, mais aussi au Burkina et partout ailleurs dans notre espace pour que nous renouions avec cette volonté collective de donner la possibilité aux peuples de s’exprimer et de choisir librement leurs dirigeants»», a déclaré Hassoumi Massoudou, le ministre nigérien des Affaires étrangères après une rencontre à Paris avec le chef de la diplomatie française ce jeudi 26 janvier.

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Last September, after having quickly suspended Guinea, the CEDEAO waited more than a week to take the first sanctions against the putschist soldiers, namely the frost of their assets.According to a diplomatic source, some heads of state would hesitate to take heavy sanctions after the popular reactions aroused by the measures taken in early January against the Malian junta.

As always in such a case, this extraordinary summit should therefore above all make it possible to appoint an emissary and to act fast on site, perhaps on Saturday, of an observation mission.Objective: to know the intentions of putschist soldiers.A mission probably led by Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, the chairman of the Cédéao commission, and which could be part of Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, the Ghanaian Minister for Foreign Affairs.

The silence of the Ivorian neighbor

At the end of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, the spokesperson for the Ivorian government made no comments or almost about the situation in Burkina Faso, noted our correspondent in Abidjan, François Hume-Ferkatadji. « C’est la Cédéao qui va donner tous les détails, je n’en ai pas»», a simplement indiqué Amadou Coulibaly.So far, the Ivorian authorities have shown a form of caution on the Burkinabè file, promoting discreet reflection with regional institutions. « Les récentes sanctions contre le Mali se sont montrées contre-productives»», contextualise le politologue Sylvain N’Guessan.

Pourtant, rappelle l’analyste Arthur Banga, « Alassane Ouattara et Roch Marc Christian Kaboré entretiennent une relation personnelle assez forte»».The two men spoke on the phone several times since the start of the crisis.

Selon Lassina Diarra, chercheur sur les questions de Sécurité-Défense au Tumbuktu Institute : « Le président Alassane Ouattara est un opposant aux coups d’État, mais le pragmatisme sécuritaire va prendre le dessus»». Car selon lui, « la page du président Kaboré est définitivement tournée»».

For two years, northern Côte d'Ivoire - particularly the border area with Burkina - has been in the grip of incursions of terrorist groups that have committed attacks on Ivorian territory against positions of the army army.However, the sharing of information and information is essential for the defense of the common border between the two countries. De plus, avance Arthur Banga, « le manque d’efficacité des Burkinabè sur le plan sécuritaire agaçaient les Ivoiriens, surtout les militaires ivoiriens»», qui se plaignaient de l’absence d’une structure de renseignement burkinabè performante.

Observers therefore predict a temporary exclusion from Burkina from the Cédéao bodies, but do not imagine heavy sanctions at this stage.

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