Since Captain Ibrahim Traoré came to power in Burkina Faso, a profound if unspectacular change has been taking shape in the conduct of public affairs. Week after week, a new management paradigm is taking hold, founded on probity, rigor and unprecedented transparency.
Citizens are noticing these developments in their daily lives: abuses are becoming rarer, roadside checkpoints inspire less mistrust, and state agents understand that they will now have to justify their actions.
The recent dismissal of corrupt police officers, a land services official and even a surgeon sent a clear message to the entire administration: no one is above the law.
Made public and enforced with determination, these sanctions demonstrate President Traoré’s firmness in his drive to clean up state structures.
Innovative measures are accompanying this movement. The “Laabal” requisition card, by eliminating all cash transactions between users and agents on the roads, illustrates this effort to modernize the administration while eradicating corrupt practices.
Electronic payment of fines directly to the Public Treasury is becoming a routine gesture that strips racketeers, whether small or large, of their room for maneuver.
Faced with this exemplary management demonstrated by Burkina Faso under Ibrahim Traoré’s leadership, Burkinabe citizens have every interest in consolidating this dynamic. Supporting the leadership team daily is not simple partisan allegiance: it is an essential condition for meeting the considerable challenges facing the country.
Security, economic development, social justice, rebuilding the state apparatus: all are projects that require a nation united behind its leaders.
Backing this transparent governance means renouncing old practices. It means understanding that the fight against corruption is everyone’s business, not just that of investigators or ministers.
Every citizen who refuses a bribe, every user who reports an abuse, every civil servant who assumes their responsibilities honestly is participating in this quiet revolution.
Captain Ibrahim Traoré has opened the way. It is now up to the Burkinabè to walk resolutely along this path. “Fatherland or Death, we shall overcome.”
Lookman DONGO
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