On October 20th, 2014, I blogged with a title ‘BLAISE
CAMPAORE: PRESIDENT 4 LIFE AS PARLIAMENT TRYING TO REMOVE A 2-TERM LIMIT’ in
which I lamented that the Africa major problem is the sit-tight leaders that refused to embrace
true democracy. I also re-echoed the opposition leader,Benewende Stanislas
Sankara, who said in his remarks that:"Today we have the proof that those
in power want to fiddle with our constitution. We will now see if the members
of the National Assembly go along with the wishes of the people or those of one
man,"
As
if am a soothsayer, the rubber-stamp parliamentarian in Burkina Faso were
due to vote
on a change on their constitution which would allow the sitting president,
Blaise Compaore - who took power in a coup in 1987 - to stand for re-election
again next year, when he was due to stand down
However,
the angry citizens who did not buy into the proposed constitution review stormed the National Assembly
building in the capital Ouagadougou, set it ablaze
following a decision by members of parliament to review the country's
constitution to allow President Blaise Compaore extend his 27-year rule.
One of the protesters said;
"We did this because Blaise was trying to stay too
long. We are tired of him. We want a change. He must go!”
The violence forced the government to temporarily scrap a vote on the
constitutional amendments.
Photo Credit: AFP
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