President of Republic Attends Burkinabe President Swearing-In Ceremony

The President of the Republic, His Excellency Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, President-in-office of the G-5 Sahel, took part, Monday in Ouagadougou, in the swearing-in ceremony of the President of the Republic of Burkina Faso, Mr. Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, re-elected for a second term. The President of the Republic of South Africa, rotating chairman of the African Union (AU), Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, was present, while France and Germany were also represented at the ceremony. Ten heads of state and government, including the leaders of the G-5 Sahel member countries, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and other personalities from outside the continent also took part in the ceremony during which the re-elected president was sworn in before the president and members of the Constitutional Court of Burkina Faso and was awarded the country’s highest medal. Council President Kasum Campo then announced Mr. Roch Marc Chritian Kabore as President of the Republic for five years. In his swearing-in speech, the President of Burkina Faso declared that his second term will be marked by the establishment of justice, the strengthening of solidarity and the fight against armed groups. He promised the country a march for peace that would promote security, stability, and prosperity. According to the Burkinabe Constitutional Council, Mr. Kaboré obtained 57.74%, slightly less than the 57.87% announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission on 26 November. His party won 57 seats out of 127 in the Assembly. The President of Faso, born on 25 April 1957, was Prime Minister from 1994 to 1996 and President of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2012. He was also President of the Congress for Democracy and Progress in January 2014, before leaving the ruling party to found a new opposition party, the People’s Movement for Progress, which brought him to power.