Burkina Faso, OuagadougouMOSCOW, Jan 26Several hundred people took to the streets of Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, on Tuesday to express support for the military seized power, Agence France-Presse reports. Earlier, the military rebels in Burkina Faso said they had dismissed the country's President Roque Marc Kabore, the country's government was dissolved, the operation of the constitution is «suspended». They also spoke of their intention «within a reasonable time» to return the country «to a constitutional order acceptable to all.» «Several hundred people gathered in the Nation Square in the center of the capital Ouagadougou, waving flags and blowing vuvuzela horns, loudly demonstrating support for the junta, … street vendors posters depicting the new leader were sold nearby,» the agency informs. According to the agency, local resident Julienne Traore said she did not consider the military's rise to power a coup. According to her, this is «the liberation of the country.» «We called on President Kabore several times to leave, but he did not listen to us. The army heard us and understood,» Lassan Ouedrago, one of the local activists, said. The city's main market, shops and gas stations were open, and there was little military presence in the city center. The rebels seized power on behalf of the Patriotic Movement for Preservation and Restoration, led by 41-year-old Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. The rebel leader graduated from the military academy in Paris and the Paris Conservatory of Arts and Crafts with a master's degree in criminology, local portal Faso reports. Damiba served in the elite presidential guard regiment until it was disbanded in 2015. At the time of the coup, he commanded an infantry unit in the Burkina Faso armed forces.
