Burkina Faso’s ex-president Roch Marc Christian Kabore authorized to return home on Wednesday, “is not in total freedom”, said his political party, The People’s Movement for Progress (MPP), in a statement on Friday.
On Wednesday, the transitional government announced that Kabore was authorized to return to his residence in the capital, Ouagadougou, while measures would be taken to guarantee his safety.
The statement said that the MPP welcomed this decision and expressed its gratitude to those who had mobilized for his release, both nationally and internationally.
The party, however, said, “From the observations that we have made, this release is not total so far as the ex-president is still subject to restrictions on his freedom.
“The MPP appeals to the transitional government to accede to the various requests demanding the unconditional release of Kabore.”
On Jan. 24, the military announced that they had put an end to the functions of Kabore, judging that his management of the security crisis that the country has been experiencing since 2015 “was not effective”.
Since then, he had been in the hands of the new authorities, while the MPP and sub-regional organizations, such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), demanded his unconditional release.