Editing Burkina Faso (section)

=== Constitution ===
{{Further|Constitution of Burkina Faso}}

In 2015, Kaboré promised to revise the 1991 constitution. The revision was completed in 2018. One condition prevents any individual from serving as president for more than ten years either consecutively or intermittently and provides a method for impeaching a president. A referendum on the constitution for the Fifth Republic was scheduled for 24 March 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apanews.net/en/news/burkina-faso-referendum-new-constitutional-set-for-march-2019|website=Danube Travel|date=28 August 2018|title=Burkina Faso: Referendum on new constitution set for March 2019|access-date=6 January 2019|archive-date=7 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107015849/http://apanews.net/en/news/burkina-faso-referendum-new-constitutional-set-for-march-2019}}</ref>

Certain rights are also enshrined in the revised wording: access to drinking water, access to decent housing and a recognition of the right to civil disobedience, for example. The referendum was required because the opposition parties in Parliament refused to sanction the proposed text.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20180827-burkina-faso-le-referendum-constitutionnel-prevu-le-24-mars-2019 | title=Burkina Faso: Le référendum constitutionnel prévu le 24 mars 2019 – Radio France Internationale| date=27 August 2018}}</ref>

Following the [[January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état|January 2022 coup d'état]], the military dissolved the parliament, government and constitution.<ref name=":12">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-60118993|title=Burkina Faso military says it has seized power|work=BBC News|date=24 January 2022|access-date=24 January 2022|language=en-GB}}</ref> On 31 January, the military junta restored the constitution,<ref>{{cite web|title=Burkina Faso restores constitution, names coup leader president|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/31/burkina-faso-restores-constitution-names-coup-leader-president|work=Al Jazeera|date=31 January 2022|access-date=2022-01-31|language=en}}</ref> but it was suspended again following the [[September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état|September 2022 coup d'état]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 September 2022 |title=Burkina: des militaires annoncent la dissolution du gouvernement, le capitaine Ibrahim Traoré prend la tête du pays |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/en-bref/20220930-burkina-faso-des-militaires-annoncent-la-dissolution-du-gouvernement-et-la-fermeture-des-fronti%C3%A8res |access-date=30 September 2022 |publisher=Radio France Internationale |language=fr |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001221352/https://www.rfi.fr/fr/en-bref/20220930-burkina-faso-des-militaires-annoncent-la-dissolution-du-gouvernement-et-la-fermeture-des-fronti%C3%A8res |url-status=live }}</ref>