Social situation in Burkina Faso: A big day of struggle next April 8

As announced to its press conference last week, the national Coalition of struggle against life enlivened this Saturday March 19, a rally of protest to the purse of the work of Ouagadougou. To denounce the unpunished crimes of the power of the 4th Republic, the tortures, the expensive life, the closing of the universities and the suspension of the work academic, such is the goal of this big gathering of the workers, pupils, students, commercial and particular. That is sufficient!, it was the master - word. 

It is the choir of the Collective that gave the tone of the rally of the CCVC with its untiring and always very inspired vocal lead when it is about composing songs of struggle. During close to about ten minutes, the choir holds in suspense, stand up, the crowd come to take part in the rally. Then the president of the CCVC took the floor to give reading of the declaration of the rally. Tolé Sagnon denounces the fraud, the impunity and the corruption, sustains the rightly struggle of the pupils and students for the justice, condemn without reserve the repression of the pupils and students as well as the campaign of diabolization of their struggle, require that the whole light is made on these crimes and that their authors are identified, judged and punish to the height of their forfeits; condemn the inopportune closing of the teaching establishments as well as the abusive suspensions of the academic work firmly. The Coalition was also anxious to denounce the situation in Côte – d’Ivoire and to express its solidarity with the people bruised of Côte – d’Ivoire and all nationals whom there lives.  

Also, the coalition didn't fail to express its disappointment of the results gotten out of the negotiations with the Government. The CCVC requires the reconsideration of the answers brought to the platform revendicative of the union organizations then, call its militant to solidarity with the pupils and students in struggle and calls them to bring their supports under a few shape that it is the students' clear off to Ouagadougou, Bobo- Dioulasso and Koudougou; call its militants, and getting on well on the whole territory to mobilize themselves massively for a big day of struggle that will take place Friday April 2011 8 in all localities of the country. This day will be the opportunity to challenge the government to examine and to solve the preoccupations of the unions, to make light on the hanging files and the deletion of the local development tax (TDC). 

Koundjoro Gabriel Kambou