In view of the presidential election and the legislative election that will take place on November 22, MPS is leading a proximity campaign for Yacouba Isaac Zida in the absence of his candidate. In fact, the former transitional minister is living in exile in Canada. Announced several times in Ouagadougou, he has not yet returned to the country due to an arrest warrant for “abandonment in peacetime and refusal to obey.”
With our special correspondent in Ouagadougou, Carine Frenk
About thirty MPS activists walk the aisles of the Dassasgho market. Among them, Issaka Ouédraogo trader shows a copy of the ballot paper.
“We came this morning to present to you candidates Yacouba Issaac Zida, put the ink here, where Yacouba Issaac Zida, it is better to make the right choice. You are a trader and without security you can not trade. Zida is a general, he is the one who can bring security back to Burkina Faso, he explains.
But the question of his presence abroad keeps coming back: “Why is he out, is he coming?” Because we would like him to come “, trust a woman we met in the market. A little later, a man expresses his reservation: “I can not vote for someone who is not in his country.”
His political future in question
According to Augustin Loada, president of MPS, petitions have been filed in court to obtain the arrest warrant. For his part, Issaka, the activist, remains hopeful, there is a five-day campaign left. “Zida said he will be there, when he says, we believe, even if he will not continue the fight!”
Does anyone who already has the nickname “the candidate in absentia” want to take advantage of the campaign to pressure the authorities to revoke the arrest warrant, is he trying to show that he must be taken into account? “Be careful, an analyst warned, if he does too little, he might as well mortgage his political future.”
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