Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The government of Burkina Faso has said it will on May 30, pay tribute to the victims of the popular uprising that toppled the country’s long-time President Blaise Compaoré last October.
The plan to remember the victims was announced last week at the end of the weekly Council of Ministers’ meeting.
Opposed to the plan by Compaoré to change the constitution so he can stand as candidate for a third term in 2015, thousands of Burkina citizens engaged in violent demonstrations October 30-31, 2014 against the plan.
The popular uprising, which forced Compaoré to resign and go on exile to Côte d’Ivoire, left about 30 dead and more than 600 injured.
Since then, several human rights associations have expressed their anger and demanded that the perpetrators of the killings be brought to justice.
Presidential and parliamentary elections in the country will be held on October 11, 2015 to end the transition period that has been in place since the fall of Compaore.
A controversial electoral code excluding pro-Compaoré officials from the new dispensation was passed by the interim Parliament and signed into law by Acting President Michel Kafando.
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