Burkina Faso President Defies Calls to Step Down | BREAKING NEWS 31 OCT 2014
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Burkina Faso President Defies Calls to Step Down | BREAKING NEWS 31 OCT 2014
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Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore says he will stay in power for a year under a transitional government, following a day of violent protests demanding his resignation.
Earlier, demonstrators angered by his bid to extend his 27-year rule torched parliament and government buildings.
Mr Compaore said he would hand over power once the transitional government had completed its 12-month term.
He also said he was lifting a "state of siege" he had declared earlier.
In the previous announcement, Mr Compaore called for the military to implement emergency measures.
This was followed by a press conference where army chief General Honore Traore announced that a "transitional body [would] be put in place in consultation with all parties".
"A return to the constitutional order is expected in no more than 12 months," he said.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon's special envoy for West Africa, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, will fly to Burkina Faso on Friday to try to ease the crisis, the UN said.
'Patriotic action'
Generla Traore has not spelt out who would lead the interim administration.
He also declared the imposition of an overnight curfew, as well as the dissolution of parliament.
In a message broadcast by a local TV station after the general's statement, Mr Compaore said he welcomed the military's "patriotic action".
He said he would hand over power to a democratically elected government after the transitional administration had completed its term.
He added that he was withdrawing a controversial law that would enable him to seek another term in office.
His plan to seek re-election triggered demonstrations in the capital, Ouagadougou. The protests are the most serious yet against Mr Compaore's rule.
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Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore says he will stay in power for a year under a transitional government, following a day of violent protests demanding his resignation.
Earlier, demonstrators angered by his bid to extend his 27-year rule torched parliament and government buildings.
Mr Compaore said he would hand over power once the transitional government had completed its 12-month term.
He also said he was lifting a "state of siege" he had declared earlier.
In the previous announcement, Mr Compaore called for the military to implement emergency measures.
This was followed by a press conference where army chief General Honore Traore announced that a "transitional body [would] be put in place in consultation with all parties".
"A return to the constitutional order is expected in no more than 12 months," he said.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon's special envoy for West Africa, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, will fly to Burkina Faso on Friday to try to ease the crisis, the UN said.
'Patriotic action'
Generla Traore has not spelt out who would lead the interim administration.
He also declared the imposition of an overnight curfew, as well as the dissolution of parliament.
In a message broadcast by a local TV station after the general's statement, Mr Compaore said he welcomed the military's "patriotic action".
He said he would hand over power to a democratically elected government after the transitional administration had completed its term.
He added that he was withdrawing a controversial law that would enable him to seek another term in office.
His plan to seek re-election triggered demonstrations in the capital, Ouagadougou. The protests are the most serious yet against Mr Compaore's rule.
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