By Our Correspondent, OUAGADOUGOU Burkina Faso
Less than a week before D-Day, the electoral campaign is in full swing. Roch March Kristian Kaboré, elected in 2015 after the insurrection that drove Blaise Compaoré from the presidency, will once again seek the votes of his compatriots.
If he is the favorite in this election, the outgoing
president will still have to fight hard to convince his fellow citizens who are
very affected by the deterioration of the security situation since coming to
power.
And
it is precisely on this question that some candidates intend to rely in
particular to abuse him. Among them is Zéphirin Diabré, leader of the
opposition, who came second in the 2015 presidential election.
The
former Minister of Economy and Finance of the 90s, in the Kaboré government, is
the leader of the Union for Progress and Change (UPC) created in 2010. He
promises a revolution in three sectors: industry, agriculture and education.
Originally
from the province of Zoundwéogo (center-south), this former international civil
servant, 61, stood out in 2015 by his opposition to the amendment of article 37
of the Constitution which was to allow Compaoré to remain in the power.
Two
other participants in the 2015 presidential election will also try their luck
again. They are Tahirou Barry and Ablassé Ouedraogo. The first,
ranked third five years ago with 3% of the votes cast, had slammed the door of
President Kaboré's first government. At 45, this lawyer by training hopes
to profit from this political act, especially in the Sahel area where he comes
from.
Ablassé
Ouedraogo is, for his part, presented as the most experienced of all. Indeed,
the former Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has a
rich international career behind him. At 67, the former Minister of
Foreign Affairs is aiming for the presidential chair for the second time.
Excluded
from the race in 2015 for having supported the constitutional amendment project
wanted by Blaise Compaoré, Eddie Komboïgo, president of the Congress for
Democracy and Progress (CDP), the former ruling party, and Gilbert Noël
Ouédraogo de the Alliance pour la Démocratie et la Fédération-Rassemblement
Démocratique (ADF / RDA) are making their comeback.
Businessman,
Mr. Komboïgo managed to win against the caciques of the CDP. Thanks to his
significant financial resources, the founder of the accounting firm Kafec-KA
dreams of a destiny for Patrice Talon (president of Benin). To do this,
the solid establishment of his party is a major asset.
Figure
of the dissident wing of the CDP, Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo has sharpened his
weapons in the institutions of the sub-region since he was vice-governor of the
Central Bank of West African States (Bceao) and President of the Commission of
the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The Agir Ensemble
candidate also served as Prime Minister in his country.
In
exile in Canada since 2016, Yacouba Isaac Zida is also in the running. The
former Prime Minister of the transition is under an arrest warrant for " desertion
in peacetime and refusal of obedience ". In his absence,
the cadres of the People's Movement for Salvation (MPS) intend to work for his
victory.
Some
novices will try to play the spoilsport. This is the case of Do Pascal
Sessouma, president of Burkina vision. This former journalist from
Radio-Television of Burkina Faso (RTB, public) and Télé Québec (Canada)
proposes a social project that places the citizen at the heart of his concerns.
For
his part, Claude Aimé Tassembedo is the only independent candidate. Originally
from Bobo-Dioulasso, the economic capital of the country, since 2007 he has
managed a Human Resources consulting firm called Africa Knowledge.
Ségui
Ambroise Farama wears the colors of the Organization of African Peoples-Burkina
Faso (Opa-BF). This lawyer by training says to embody the rupture and aims
to give substance to Pan-Africanism.
Abdoulaye
Soma, leader of Soleil d'Avenir, is the youngest of the applicants. At 41,
the constitutional lawyer relies on the vote of young people to distinguish
himself.
Finally,
Monique Yeli Kam of the Mouvement pour la Renaissance du Burkina (MRF) is the
only woman in the presidential race. She promises, if elected, to reduce
inequalities through an educational policy. - Africa
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