The military president of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, said that it is impossible to name any that have developed under democracy.
He stressed that revolution is a prerequisite for
development.
Traoré said this during a flag-raising ceremony at the
Koulouba Palace last week.
He said, “If we have to say it loud and clear here, we are
not in a democracy; we are in a popular, progressive revolution.
“We must necessarily go through a revolution, and we are
indeed in a revolution. So this question of democracy or libertinism of action
or expression has no place. As much as you think you are free to speak and act,
the other is also free to speak and act, and there we end up with a society of
disorder.”
He strongly condemned the notion that democracy is a
prerequisite for development, saying it is “false” to believe any country has
developed under a democratic system.
“It is impossible to name a country that has developed in
democracy. Democracy is only the result,” Burkina24, a local media outlet,
quoted him.
Traore ceased in September 2022 and has since led Burkina
Faso.
The development comes at a time when the ‘Take it Back’
movement, led by activist Omoleye Sowore, kicks off another round of protest
across major cities in Nigeria on April 7, 2025.
Sowore had been critical of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s
government and vociferous in his stance on revolution.
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