{"id":10156,"date":"2018-09-14T23:04:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T23:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=10156"},"modified":"2018-09-15T09:09:44","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T09:09:44","slug":"burundi-democracy-still-weakened-say-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/burundi-democracy-still-weakened-say-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundi: Democracy still weakened, say politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the eve of the celebration of the World Democracy Day on 15 September, politicians say there is still a long way to go towards strong and lasting democracy in Burundi.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9022\" style=\"width: 487px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9022\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-9022\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Abel-Gashatsi-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"Abel Gashatsi:\u201cEverything is not clean. Burundi has gone through several years of war, then, people need to work hard for lasting and true democracy,\u201d\" width=\"477\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Abel-Gashatsi-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Abel-Gashatsi-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Abel-Gashatsi-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Abel-Gashatsi.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abel Gashatsi:\u201cEverything is not clean. Burundi has gone through several years of war, then, people need to work hard for lasting and true democracy,\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Abel Gashatsi, Chairman of Uprona party says there are some issues that need to find solutions even if the state institutions are democratically elected. \u201cEverything is not clean. Burundi has gone through several years of war, then, people need to work hard for lasting and true democracy,\u201d he says. He, however, says Burundians have made a great step when they succeeded to establish their executive, legislative and judicial institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman of Uprona party also says his party has contributed much to the establishment of lasting democracy through multi-party election since 1961. \u201cSome political parties took part in the election before the country becomes independent. But things changed when the hero of Independence tried to establish lasting democracy in the country,\u201d he says?<\/p>\n<p>Agathon Rwasa, chairman of the coalition of Independents \u201cAmizero y\u2019Abarundi\u201d says democracy in Burundi is not strong even if there isn\u2019t any perfect democratic country all over the world. \u201cSome people are confused about democracy and election. They think that democracy is the position of the majority by ignoring the minority,\u201d he says adding that politicians must work hard for lasting democracy.<\/p>\n<p>MP Rwasa also says everybody must be respected in democracy. He says, there are some issues that need to find solutions. \u201cSome people do not tolerate others when they do not share political views\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the eve of the celebration of the World Democracy Day on 15 September, politicians say there is still a long way to go towards strong and lasting democracy in Burundi. Abel Gashatsi, Chairman of Uprona party says there are some issues that need to find solutions even if the state institutions are democratically elected. 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