Burkina Faso: CENI disbanded as part of a drive to reorganize and reduce budgets
In a bold move aligned with the ongoing effort to reform the state, the Burkinabe authorities have officially dissolved the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI). This long-anticipated decision comes amid efforts to streamline public spending and refocus national priorities on what truly matters.
With an annual subsidy of half a billion CFA francs, the CENI had become a financial burden that was increasingly hard to justify—especially during a transitional period in which every franc is expected to go toward security, education, health, and national reconstruction. The authorities thus deemed the continued existence of this electoral body a major budgetary and political inconsistency.
Beyond financial considerations, the dissolution also meets the requirements of the Transition Charter, which calls for a reorganization of provisional institutions in the spirit of coherence and austerity. Burkina Faso aims to establish bodies better suited to current realities and in line with the sovereign vision promoted by Captain Ibrahim Traoré, President of Faso.
This measure is therefore part of a determined effort to break away from the ineffective institutional frameworks of the past. It is not a retreat from democracy, but a deliberate restructuring of the political-administrative system to make it more efficient, more patriotic, and more aligned with the true aspirations of the Burkinabe people.
