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Burkina Faso: Compaoré, the favourite candidate
More than three million Burkinabe are called to the polls on Sunday, November 21 for a presidential election with the incumbent president, Blaise Compaoré, as the favourite.
He came to power in 1987, brought stability to the former French colony once used to successive convulsions, within West Africa, rocked by crises. The opposition remains weak and divided with no charismatic leaders. There are six candidates running for the presidential, including the attorney Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara (2nd in 2005 with 4.88% of the votes) and the diplomat Hama Arba Diallo, supported by smaller parties. Without a real issue, observers indicate the small number registered on the electoral roll – only 3.2 million people and predict rather a concentration of attention for after November 21. The President Compaoré has pledged for a five years of political and institutional reforms, such as the creation of a Senate in addition to the National Assembly. But his party, the Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) expressed several months ago his desire to remove the limitation of the presidential mandate of two terms. In this case, Mr. Compaoré could run again for 2015 mandate.