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Burundi: the opposition shouts about massive fraud

By on May 27, 2010
The first results of the Burundian municipal elections of Monday let appear a wide victory of the ruling party, the CNDD-FDD. The party of the president, Pierre Nkurunziza, would take away 57 of 70 municipalities of which the results were skinned, with more than 70 % of the votes on a total of 129 municipalities.

Far behind, in the second position, comes find the former rebels of the National Liberation Forces (FNL), which scored an average  15 to 20 % of the votes according to these partial results.
The Burundian opposition speaks about massive fraud, and it demands the cancellation of the ballot and asks to resume for a new ballot the same day as the presidential election. ” The Burundian Population is astonished to see that the choice which it had operated was not respected due to the fraud that had been prepared by the ruling party “, declared Chauvino Mugwengezo, the opposition parties’ spokesman. He is accusing the CNDD-FDD of having delivered multiple polling cards to their activists, also moving illegally some ballot boxes and other proofs which will be presented «at the appropriate moment”
The opposition threatens to boycott the next electoral terms in case it will not have satisfaction.

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