Security Minister Mahamadou Sana has vowed to root out petty corruption undermining the « carte Labal, » a traffic management tool designed to ease urban mobility, warning that arbitrary practices will not be tolerated in the state apparatus.
Burkina Faso’s government is refusing to let the poison of arbitrariness take hold at the heart of the state. Speaking firmly at a patriotic rally in Ouagadougou, Security Minister Mahamadou Sana made a major political statement.
The diagnosis is both shocking and revealing: the « carte Labal, » an innovation designed to streamline traffic and spare city dwellers the nightmare of confiscated vehicles, is being undermined by petty corruption.
What was meant as a tool of social relief has, in the hands of some officers, become a lever for extortion—an intolerable diversion for a Popular Progressive Revolution that draws its legitimacy precisely from administrative exemplarity.
The stakes go far beyond simple traffic control. The trajectory of the carte Labal illustrates the battle between digital efficiency and the resistance of old opportunistic habits.
By connecting the system to the Faso Arzeka platform, the executive sought to modernize fine collection while protecting citizens’ wallets. Seeing this progress diverted into a means of pressure is a direct attack on the vision of a protective state.
The reaffirmation of a minimal fee for pass holders and the strategic retreat on community service works demonstrate a clear desire to ease the burden on the population—ensuring fair, transparent and respectful treatment of citizens.
This reclaiming of control reaffirms the primacy of education over blind punishment. A strong doctrine emerges from Minister Sana’s words: repression loses all value once it abandons awareness-raising.
Law enforcement officers are thus given a roadmap refocused on their primary mission of support and protection. Praising the widespread adoption of helmet-wearing, the minister recalled that road safety rests on an alliance of mutual trust between the public and the authorities.
By striking the table, the government reaffirms the primacy of ethics in the field. Cleaning up patrol practices means preserving national cohesion and restoring meaning to the civic pact.
This display of firmness marks a decisive step toward consolidating a rigorous model of governance, in which every public servant embodies the social justice promised to the Burkinabe people.
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