Burundi opposition leader Agathon Rwasa said it was essential to have an elected government in place by Aug. 26, when the president’s current term ends. Rwasa, a presidential candidate like Nkurunziza, a former rebel leader, added that “there is no room for a transitional government. We will have to comply with the constitution. “We know ahead of these elections that we should hold it so that we can have a newly elected president, and MPs and so on, by August this year,” Rwasa said. Election commission, CENI, said it was delaying the local and parliamentary votes and was working on a new schedule; it however made no mention of the presidential election. Opponents said President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term would violate the constitution and the Arusha Peace Deal that ended the 12-year civil war. Both stipulated no one should be president for longer than 10 years. Nkurunziza’s backers argued that his first term should not count sinc...
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