“We’re in a Popular, Progressive Revolution, Not a Democracy” — Burkina Faso’s President Traoré

President of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, said the country is undergoing a “popular, progressive revolution” and not operating under a democratic system.

Speaking during a flag-raising ceremony at the Koulouba Palace during the week, Captain Traoré stated:

If we have to say it loud and clear here, we are not in a democracy, we are in a popular, progressive revolution.”

He criticised 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 end result,” Burkina24 quoted him.

Traoré also argued that a revolution is a necessary phase in national development. “We must necessarily go through a revolution, and we are indeed in a revolution,” he said, adding that his government will continue to communicate, explain, and make people understand what revolution is.

“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 stated.

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