Burkina Faso: "Agir ensemble" invests Kadré Desiré Ouedraogo as presidential candidate
Former Burkinabè Prime Minister and former President of the ECOWAS Commission, Kadré Desiré Ouedraogo (illustrative image).
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Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo, the former Prime Minister of Blaise Compaoré and ex-president of the ECOWAS commission [Economic Community of West African States], was invested this Sunday, September 6 in Bobo-Dioulasso as candidate for the presidential election on November 22.
It is the “Agir ensemble” movement and its allied parties that have chosen it to defend their colors.
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With our special
correspondent in Bobo-Dioulasso,
Yaya Boudani
This September 6, Kadré Desiré Ouedraogo was greeted with fanfare and invested as a
candidate for the presidential election
next November.
We attended the presentation of the certificate of investiture and the national flag by young people from the thirteen regions of the country.
According to Boubacar Diallo, president of the “Agir ensemble” movement, several reasons explain this choice.
"
The three associative movements had already identified that Kadré Desiré Ouedraogo was the person best placed to lead the destiny of our country,
" he said.
While accepting this nomination as a presidential candidate,
Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo
said he recognized the heavy responsibility to redress and save Burkina Faso.
"
I also accept this investiture because we are all witnesses, unfortunately, of the calamitous results recorded by our country in terms of security, stability and living together
," he declared.
Yes, Burkina Faso is unrecognizable today, rampant insecurity, enduring hatred in some minds, rampant corruption are taking our coexistence hostage.
"
The one who already presents himself as the "
future captain of the Burkina Faso ship
", calls for a rally to get "
the country out of the darkness in which it is plunged
".
The presidential and legislative elections are scheduled for November 22, and a dozen candidates have already been declared.
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