The government, in its first cabinet meeting since President Michel Kafando was restored to power on Wednesday, also dismissed the minister in charge of security and created a commission to identify those responsible for the coup attempt.
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President Michel Kafando and other government ministers were detained during the raid in the capital.
He also fired the country’s security minister.
He added that while there were still hard issues to be resolved as fallout of the coup, it is clear that progress will continue, judging from the fact that the people are determined and all the groups involved are cooperating.
The party described as victory for peace and democracy the reinstatement of the Interim Government of Burkina Faso and the relinquishing of power by the “putschists” without a major military confrontation “that would have further destabilised the fragile country and caused needless destruction and deaths”.
At least three people died and 60 others were injured in the street clashes that erupted outside the presidential palace in the capital, Ouagadougou, on Thursday following Kafando’s detention.
“My biggest mistake was carrying out this coup”, he said.
Zida said Friday a 30-day investigation will be launched into the coup.
Members of the presidential guard mounted the coup last week, unhappy that the transitional government had barred supporters loyal to former President Blaise Compaore from participating as candidates in the country’s national election. Compaore was ousted in a popular uprising past year as he attempted to extend his 27-year rule.
He said that the Presidential Guard is planning “to discuss all that with the concerned actors, notably the political parties and civil society organisations to establish a timetable that allows us to move towards presidential and parliamentary elections”.
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But the new military regime, led by General Gilbert Diendere, stepped down a week later following mediation brokered by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and under pressure from the regular army.
