President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, sits on stage to support a commitment to stop poaching of African elephants at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York September 26, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - A major political party in Burkina Faso on Saturday pledged to support a plan to change the constitution to allow President Blaise Compaore to stand for re-election next year, when he was due to stand down.
The statement of support from the ADF-RDA party means that the president's camp could even secure the changes it seeks by winning 75 percent of the votes in parliament next week, by-passing the need to hold a countrywide referendum.
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