{"id":14075,"date":"2019-10-08T07:16:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T07:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=14075"},"modified":"2019-10-08T07:16:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T07:16:11","slug":"cepi-in-bujumbura-city-to-establish-inclusive-communal-electoral-commissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/cepi-in-bujumbura-city-to-establish-inclusive-communal-electoral-commissions\/","title":{"rendered":"CEPI in Bujumbura city to establish inclusive communal electoral commissions"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the meeting with political parties, religious denominations and civil societies in Bujumbura city this October 7th, the chairman of the Provincial Independent Electoral Commission (CEPI) in the economic capital of Burundi has asked the former to bring their candidates for communal commissions until October 11th.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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T\u00e9rence Bizimana: \u201cA member of the Communal Independent Electoral Commission must be a native Burundian, who loves their country\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe will accept applications for communal electoral commissions from 9 to 11 October,\u201d says T\u00e9rence Bizimana, Chairman of the Provincial Independent Electoral Commission-CEPI in Bujumbura city.
\nThe communal independent electoral commissions-CECI will be inclusive, though they may not include all political parties or organizations working in Bujumbura city, he adds.<\/p>\n

He says one of the criteria to select candidates for communal electoral commissions is patriotism. \u201cA member of CECI must be a native Burundian, who loves their country,\u201d he adds.
\nMr. Bizimana asks political parties, religious denominations and civil societies to nominate candidates who are responsible, available and have right to vote. \u201cThey must show professional expertise, be neutral and impartial,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

CEPI chairman also says the communal electoral commission is made up of five people.\u201d It is impossible for every political party or organization operating in the commune to be represented,\u201d he adds.
\nHe calls on CECI future members to never accept instructions or orders from their political parties or organizations once they start their job.<\/p>\n

Am\u00e9d\u00e9e Ahmad Bangaryabagabo, one of the representatives of Bujumbura city natives says CECI members should be natives of the capital city.
\nHe deplores the fact that people who represent Bujumbura city in different institutions are not often natives of the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen should be highly represented in the communal electoral commissions,\u201d says Evelyne Nininahazwe, representative of women union in Bujumbura city.<\/p>\n

She says CECI women members should come from the union of women. \u201cIt has women from different political parties, religious denominations and civil societies,\u201d she adds.
\nClaude Bukeyeneza, representative of CNL party in Bujumbura city calls on members of CEPI to be neutral and transparent in the selection of CECI members.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo not allow one political party to have two members while others have none,\u201d he says.
\nAs for Z\u00e9phyrin Matata, representative of CNDD-FDD party in Ntahangwa commune, all political parties or organizations cannot be represented in the communal electoral commissions.
\n\u201cCEPI has to choose people who are able to perform activities assigned to them regardless of their political parties or organizations,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

The meeting has been organized after members of the provincial independent electoral commissions-CEPI from all provinces of the country swore in on October 1st.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the meeting with political parties, religious denominations and civil societies in Bujumbura city this October 7th, the chairman of the Provincial Independent Electoral Commission (CEPI) in the economic capital of Burundi has asked the former to bring their candidates for communal commissions until October 11th. \u201cWe will accept applications for communal electoral commissions from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":14072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[108,749],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14075"}],"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=14075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14076,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14075\/revisions\/14076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}