{"id":13101,"date":"2019-07-10T12:02:34","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T12:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=13101"},"modified":"2019-07-11T09:03:45","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T09:03:45","slug":"us-recommends-free-and-transparent-elections-in-burundi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/us-recommends-free-and-transparent-elections-in-burundi\/","title":{"rendered":"US recommends free and transparent elections in Burundi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On the occasion of the celebration of the 243rd independence anniversary, the US Embassy in Burundi has said the 2020 elections will have significant consequences on people.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13100\" style=\"width: 556px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13100\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/charg\u00e9e-des-affaires.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"546\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/charg\u00e9e-des-affaires.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/charg\u00e9e-des-affaires-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/charg\u00e9e-des-affaires-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/charg\u00e9e-des-affaires-600x345.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eunice Sharon Reddick says the electoral period is crucial for Burundi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cElections are crucial for Burundi. They must be free, transparent, fair and inclusive,\u201d says Eunice Sharon Reddick, Charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires of the US Embassy in Burundi.<br \/>\nMs. Reddick says it is so important for all citizens who fulfill the necessary conditions to participate in the electoral process to \u201cvote for candidates who will respond favorably to their concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She says Burundians especially younger generations who want a better future, rely on candidates during this election to propose concrete solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States will never call into question the sovereignty of other nations. However, the fundamental rights of our peoples are non-negotiable,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Bernard Ntahiraja, Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs who represented the government in those ceremonies reassures that the 2020 elections will be free, transparent, peaceful and democratic.<br \/>\n\u201cThe government of Burundi would like the US to move with more determination on our sides in friendship, solidarity and respect for the dignity and sovereignty of our people,\u201d he has said.<br \/>\nAccording to the Burundi National Independent Electoral Commission-CENI, the elections for the president, members of parliament and municipal councils are expected to be held on May 20, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of the celebration of the 243rd independence anniversary, the US Embassy in Burundi has said the 2020 elections will have significant consequences on people. \u201cElections are crucial for Burundi. They must be free, transparent, fair and inclusive,\u201d says Eunice Sharon Reddick, Charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires of the US Embassy in Burundi. Ms. Reddick says [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":13100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[1177,113],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13102,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13101\/revisions\/13102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}