Friday will see the inauguration of Burkina Faso’s next strongman as president of the transition (Oct 21).
Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba’s resignation was “made a formal note of,” the constitutional council declared on Wednesday.
Captain Traoré, the mastermind of the coup, has led the junta since removing Damiba on September 30.
According to the transition charter, which the national forum approved on October 14, the 34-year-old will take over as Burkina Faso’s new president.
About 300 people who were tasked with overseeing the transition unanimously elected Traoré to be “president of the transition, head of state, and supreme chief of the national armed forces.”
The charter states that once the president chosen during the 2024 presidential election is sworn in, “the tenure of the president of the transition will terminate.” The president of the transition is not qualified to run in the future elections, it is also stated.
Islamist insurgency has been a devastating problem for Burkina.
