The Speaker of Burkina Faso’s National Transition Council (CNT, interim parliament) Cherif Moumina Sy today declared himself the interim president of the country.
In a message broadcast on a local radio station, Moumina Sy called for the surrender of the Presidential Security Regiment (RSP) which overthrew the transition government led by interim President Michel Kafando yesterday.
He urged the people to come out in large numbers at the “Place of the Nation” to declare war against these soldiers he considered as “terrorists” and an “illegal force” that must be dismantled.
He also asked the people to block all roads and streets, before starting to march towards Naaba Koom camp, the RSP headquarters.
The operation, he said, was aimed at teaching the putsches a lesson. To achieve this objective, Moumina Sy asked the army boss and other military commanders to play their role.
In a statement issued by the head of the National Council for Democracy (CND) General Gilbert Diendere, the putschists announced the release of Kafando and the ministers.
On Wednesday evening, the RSP soldiers detained the transition President and members of government, before setting up the National Council for Democracy. [myad]
