{"id":16144,"date":"2020-05-20T15:46:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T15:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=16144"},"modified":"2020-05-20T16:44:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T16:44:14","slug":"these-elections-have-particular-meaning-says-president-nkurunziza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/these-elections-have-particular-meaning-says-president-nkurunziza\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThese elections have particular meaning\u201d, says President Nkurunziza"},"content":{"rendered":"

The outgoing president Pierre Nkurunziza arrived in Mwumba Commune of Ngozi Province around midday, riding his bicycle.<\/p>\n

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– President Pierre Nkurunziza: \u201cElections were financed by Burundians. This is a good start for our future leaders.<\/p><\/div>\n

After voting, he has thanked Burundians who organized the elections. \u201cThese elections have a particular meaning. They were financed by Burundians without the intervention of foreigners. It is a good start for our future leaders,\u201d said President Nkurunziza.<\/p>\n

Evariste Ndayishimiye, presidential candidate for the ruling CNDD-FDD appreciated the electoral process but warned whoever would try to destabilize security saying \u201cit will cost them dear\u201d.<\/p>\n

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– Evariste Ndayishimiye: \u201cThe elections are being held in security. Whoever wants to disturb them will pay dearly\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe elections are being held in security. Whoever wants to disturb them will pay dearly,\u201d he has said in interview with local journalists.<\/p>\n

Two CNL party observers were meanwhile arrested by the Giheta commune administrator before the ruling party candidate arrived around 9:30 a. m. on \u201cBubu\u201d Basic School in Giheta Commune of Gitega Province.<\/p>\n

Diplomats from the Embassies of Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania were also present.<\/p>\n

As for CNL party, its presidential candidate Agathon Rwasa deplored the cut in communications by means of internet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will not prevent the change we are waiting for tonight,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Journalists were prevented to take pictures while Agathon Rwasa was casting a vote.<\/p>\n

According to him, the cut in communications meant a \u201cplanned\u201d fraud.<\/p>\n

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– Agathon Rwasa: \u201cIt\u2019s not WhatsApp that is voting but Burundians\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not WhatsApp that is voting but Burundians. There is no point in cutting communications,\u201d he said adding that CNL party will file complaint to competent courts if the party is not satisfied with the results of the polls. \u00a0\u201cBut it is not the time to say it\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n

Domitien Ndayizeye, presidential candidate for Kira Burundi coalition voted in his native Kayanza Province while Gaston Sindimwo, presidential candidate for Uprona party and two independents namely Dieudonn\u00e9 Nahimana and Francis Rohero cast their vote in the economic capital Bujumbura.<\/p>\n

As for L\u00e9once Ngendakumana, Sahwanya FRODEBU party presidential candidate, he voted in Isare Commune of Bujumbura province of which he is a native.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The outgoing president Pierre Nkurunziza arrived in Mwumba Commune of Ngozi Province around midday, riding his bicycle. After voting, he has thanked Burundians who organized the elections. \u201cThese elections have a particular meaning. They were financed by Burundians without the intervention of foreigners. It is a good start for our future leaders,\u201d said President Nkurunziza. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16144"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16144"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16146,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16144\/revisions\/16146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}