Burkina Faso military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has said no country has ever been developed through democracy.He said his country is undergoing what he described as a “popular, progressive revolution” and not operating under a democratic system.He spoke during a flag-raising ceremony at the Koulouba Palace last week.According to him, “If we have to say it loud and clear here, we are not in a democracy, we are in a popular, progressive revolution.“We must necessarily go through a revolution, and we are indeed in a revolution. So this question of democracy or libertinism of action or expression has no place. As much as you think you are free to speak and act, the other is also free to speak and act, and there we end up with a society of disorder. ‘‘It is impossible to name a country that has developed in democracy. Democracy is only the result,” Burkina24 quoted him.The 37-year-old junta assumed office in September 2022 through a coup de tat that ousted interim President Paul-Henri Damiba.He recently rejected Saudi Arabia’s offer to build 200 mosques in his country.He called on the Islamic country to invest in essential infrastructure projects that would be beneficial to the citizens.
