Marc Christian Kaboré addresses supporters during a celebration at
the party’s headquarter in Ouagadougou, on November 26,
2020. OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP
Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore said
Friday he had received the congratulations of the leader of the
opposition, a day after official results showed he was re-elected
by a landslide.
“I have received on Friday evening the congratulations of the
presidential candidate, Zephirin Diabre,” Kabore wrote on
Twitter. “I salute his approach which is in line with the
republican spirit of our political class,” he said, accompanying
his tweet with a photo of the two.
When the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI)
announced Kabore’s landslide victory on Thursday, the opposition
had said it “reserved the right” to challenge the results.
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Diabre’s Union for Progress and Change (UPC) said on its website
before Kabore’s tweet it wished to “point out the major
shortcomings” which had “marred” the ballot.
“Considering the difficult situation our country is going
through” it reaffirmed its “renewed desire to always preserve
peace, stability, and security in Burkina Faso by placing the
interest of the nation above all other considerations”.
Eddie Komboigo, the champion of ousted president Blaise
Campaore’s party, came second in Sunday’s vote with 15.48 percent
of the ballot.
He was followed in the 13-candidate field by Diabre, who had
been considered by pundits to be the best-placed opposition
hopeful, with 12.46 percent of votes cast.
-AFP