Burkina parliament adopts electoral law excluding Compaore camp

Then-president of Burkina Faso Blaise Compaore attends the official opening of the African Union Summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on January 29, 2012. By Tony Karumba (AFP/File)

Ouagadougou (AFP) - Burkina Faso's interim parliament on Tuesday adopted a new electoral law banning figures linked to deposed president Blaise Compaore from running in the October general elections, an AFP correspondent witnessed.

Under the draft law, which was passed with 75 votes in favour, 10 against and three abstentions, those who had backed Compaore's failed bid to extend his rule would not be eligible to stand during the elections.