{"id":16050,"date":"2020-05-13T07:09:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T07:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=16050"},"modified":"2020-05-13T07:09:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T07:09:01","slug":"catholic-bishops-concerned-over-political-intolerance-observed-in-electoral-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/catholic-bishops-concerned-over-political-intolerance-observed-in-electoral-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic bishops concerned over political intolerance observed in electoral campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In a statement issued on May 11, Bishop Joachim Ntahondereye, Chairman of the Conference of Burundi Catholic Bishops has said the wrong attitudes displayed by some candidates in the electoral campaign prompt others to political intolerance. <\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8637\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8637\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-8637\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Eveques-catholique.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Eveques-catholique.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Eveques-catholique-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Eveques-catholique-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Eveques-catholique-600x345.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burundi Catholic Bishops say Burundians should vote freely &#8220;Yes&#8221; or &#8220;No&#8221; without any pressure<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are particularly concerned over this intolerance that led to confrontations, killings and injuries without any intervention,\u201d said Bishop Ntahondereye adding that there are cases of abduction, persecution and destabilization reported in some localities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne person was found dead four days after he was reported missing,\u201d he said. He deplores the fact that those who are responsible for finding solution to these conflicts have trouble abiding by the law with impartiality.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Ntahondereye calls on politicians and their followers to respect human rights. \u201cCandidates in the electoral campaign must abide by the electoral code and the code of conduct signed by political parties,\u201d he has said.<\/p>\n<p>He also said those who are responsible for the electoral process and other authorities must remain vigilant to ensure freedom for all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to live together even after the elections\u201d, he has said calling all Burundians to be ready to accept the results of the elections and ensure that no one can cause instability and war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a statement issued on May 11, Bishop Joachim Ntahondereye, Chairman of the Conference of Burundi Catholic Bishops has said the wrong attitudes displayed by some candidates in the electoral campaign prompt others to political intolerance. \u201cWe are particularly concerned over this intolerance that led to confrontations, killings and injuries without any intervention,\u201d said Bishop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[1177],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16050"}],"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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16051,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16050\/revisions\/16051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}