The African Bar Association (ABA) has condemned the forceful takeover of power in Burkina Faso, calling it unconstitutional and illegal.
In a statement signed by ABA, president, Hannibal Uwaifo, the body said that the occurance represents another ignoble development in the chequered history of democracy in West Africa.
He noted that while the Armed Forces may have genuine complaints, using an illegal method to achieve their individual and collective self desires will not only deepen the insecurity in the country but add to the bad governance debacle the citizens are already burdened with.
“The African Bar Association condemns in its entirety this pointless usurpation of power and appeals to the military to immediately release president Christian Kabore and return to the Barracks,” it said.
ABA however, expressed how difficult it is to defend most governments in Africa due to their undemocratic tendencies, corruption, bad governance and political debauchery which has plunged the region into a state of hopelessness resulting from youth unemployment, unimaginable levels of hunger, poverty and complete break down of security.
“Times without number, the African Bar Association has warned that the only path to security and economic progress is the rule of law and good governance,” it said.
According to the group, the reality in the case of Burkina Faso is that the government has been largely upright and working hard at the self inflicted problems inherited from former president, Mr. Blaise Compore.
“Judging by the Military’s hunger for power in the face of bad governance, insecurity, docile and defenceless citizens, no west African country is spared of this re-surging menace orchestrated by evil forces outside the continent.
“The worthless words of condemnations and ineffective sanctions often threatened by west African leaders is self serving in the face of their refusal to use the law and good governance as a panacea to these unending conflicts,” he added.
