Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Members of Parliament of Burkina Faso’s national transitional council adopted last week a new electoral bill that bars officials of ousted President Blaise Compaoré from contesting elections in October.
Out of 88 voters, 76 MPs of the national transitional council approved the adoption of the bill.
The new code bars, among others, “all members of the ousted government who adopted the draft revision of Article 37 of the Constitution” that paved the way for the former president to contest another election. This caused the October popular uprising that forced Compaore to flee the country.
The document, which should be approved by the Constitutional Court before promulgation, also authorizes “independent candidates” to take part in the next presidential and parliamentary elections that mark the end of the transition.
The MPs passed the bill under police surveillance.
Earlier on Tuesday, clashes broke out between a small pro-Compaoré group and the security forces, near the offices of the national transitional council.
