Barsalhogo attack: If you want to get a country like ours back on track, you have to expect attempts at destabilization (President Traoré)c

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The President of Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, indicated on Saturday on national radio that if we want to get a country like ours back on track, we must expect attempts at destabilization such as the Barsalhogo attack ."If you want to straighten out a country like ours, you are bound to take action. By taking action to straighten out, you create internal and external enemies. We must expect these situations of destabilization, assassination and others because we have affected the interests of many people," President Ibrahim Traoré said on national radio this Saturday morning.The head of state answered questions from Burkinabe people live during a major oral presentation from the Koulouba presidency in Ouagadougou.He said he measured the risks and accepted the mission he decided to accomplish for the liberation of the Burkinabe."For our mission, we said it was make or break. Thank God we were able to succeed in the mission to impress our vision of things on our country. In our fight for freedom, we hav e foreign countries on our backs but we have no choice, we must continue on our path if we want our children to go to school without paying 5 F, if we want to better care for our populations, we will have to prevent certain powers from plundering us," he stressed.Regarding the attempts at destabilization, Captain Ibrahim Traoré said he was prepared for these situations. 'This does not shake us but gives us the courage to move forward because through these events, we know that the guideline we have chosen is the best for our country,' he reassured.The Head of State warned the plotters. "We spent two years raising awareness among the plotters, even if some thought we were doing too much, but it was necessary so that the Burkinabe could see for themselves how far the Burkinabe can go. (...) From now on, they will assume the consequences of their actions."He recalled that after each attack, there is an analysis of the situation to know what worked and what did not and informed that concerning the attack of Barsalhogo, "the military authorities have conducted investigations. "We are waiting for the report, sanctions will fall ," he promised.Source: Burkina Information Agency