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Burundi: The Monday election is unconstitutional

By on June 29, 2010
The Burundian opposition parties have qualified as a “Spoofing” the municipal elections, and expressed their fears of going back to a mono-party system, in the country. They decided to remove their candidates as way of protest, leaving in the run only the incumbent president, Pierre Nkurunziza.

12 of the 13 political parties are grouped together within the Alliance of the Democrats for Change (ADC). They have slandered the presidential elections, found as unconstitutional.
Despite the constitution of the country dedicates the pluralism and freedom of opinions, the opposition parties were not authorized, by the rulers, to held for their meetings during the election campaign. However, they never stopped launching press releases and pamphlets calling their members and sympathizers not to vote. From his part, the candidate, Pierre Nkurunziza was calling the Burundians to massively participate in the ballot, reminding that the vote is a privilege offered by the constitution, but  not by individuals. He did not also stop launching to the population: “come to say NO to me if I did not deserve the country; or Yes if I gave satisfaction”
More than 3, 5 million Burundians went to on Monday, June 28th to elect the president of the republic for a mandate of five years. It is the second ballot after the controversial municipal elections of last May 24th, that took place in a polluted political context, and that might keep on, because in 2005, the country had only one candidate. It is not the first time we have had a single candidate, the electoral chairman, Ndayicariye, said.

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