Resolution on the social and political crisis in Burkina Faso

Meeting of the Socialist International Africa Committee, Bamako, Mali, 29-30 March 1999

Original: French

The Socialist International Africa Committee, meeting in Bamako on 29-30 March 1999,

aware of the social and political crisis in Burkina Faso that has given rise to the establishment of a collective of 45 popular democratic organisations and political parties, including the Party for Democracy and Progress, PDP;

and in accordance with its democratic and socialist ideals, the SI Africa Committee, which had already condemned this situation at its meeting in Dakar in January 1999:

Demands that the perpetration of all kinds of bloodshed be thoroughly investigated and that justice be done;

Supports and congratulates the collective of popular democratic organisations and political parties, as its aims help to strengthen the rule of law and the democratic process in Burkina Faso;

Encourages the PDP to make a greater contribution to the struggle for democracy, which is an integral part of the fight to establish democratic socialism;

Demands that the Burkinabe authorities take all necessary steps to put an end to impunity, since impunity stifles democracy.

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