{"id":9003,"date":"2018-06-07T06:33:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T06:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=9003"},"modified":"2018-06-07T12:26:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T12:26:49","slug":"two-local-scos-concerned-over-contributions-to-2020-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/two-local-scos-concerned-over-contributions-to-2020-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Two local SCOs concerned over contributions to 2020 elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the publication of the provisional amount to be used in 2020 elections, civil society organizations raise concerns over transparency on how the contributions are made. Gabriel Rufyiri, Chairman of OLUCOME, a local corruption watchdog, says the Finance Ministry should establish the final amount that will be used in 2020 elections. \u201cBurundi government is not sure of the real amount to be used in the next elections,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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Gabriel Rufyiri: \u201cThe Finance Ministry should make public the already collected amount for more transparency\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

Rufyiri also says the amount already collected is not reliable following different contributions reported. \u2018The Finance Ministry should make public the collected amount for more transparency. This will help Burundians to believe in their government officials and contribute more,\u2019 he says.
\nMr Rufyiri doesn\u2019t, however, believe that Burundi government will successfully collect about BIF 70 billion needed for the conduct of the 2020 elections .\u2018Burundians are currently living in dire straits. I don\u2019t think that the beginning speed will remain the same within the next two years before the conduct of the elections,\u2019 he says.<\/p>\n

Gabriel Rufyiri urges Burundi government to adopt other strategies to collect this amount in the absence of foreign aid.<\/p>\n

The same view is shared by G\u00e9rard Hakizimana, chairman of FOLUCON F, a local civil society organization- involved in the fight against nepotism and favoritism in Burundi. He appreciates the step made by Burundi government in the collection of contributions to the 2020 elections. He, however, says the activity should continue in more transparent ways. \u2018Burundians need to know if their contributions have really reached their real destination,\u2019 he says.<\/p>\n

Hakizimana says Burundians have experienced cases of economic embezzlement over the past few years. \u2018Burundi government should seriously control the contribution process,\u2019 he says.
\nMoreover, the FOLUCON F chairman exhorts Burundi government to not persecute those who could not contribute due to poverty. \u2018Vulnerable people exist in Burundi should do their best to contribute the minimal amount to 2020 elections,\u2019 he says.<\/p>\n

Domitien Ndihokubwayo, Minister of Finance and Planning has said the government officials and the other category including legal and natural persons have already contributed BIF 17, 205, 774,664 until 31 May 2018 out of BIF 70 billion expected to be used in 2020 elections. He also said the category of unemployed people will start contributing by July 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following the publication of the provisional amount to be used in 2020 elections, civil society organizations raise concerns over transparency on how the contributions are made. Gabriel Rufyiri, Chairman of OLUCOME, a local corruption watchdog, says the Finance Ministry should establish the final amount that will be used in 2020 elections. \u201cBurundi government is not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,670],"tags":[1177,47],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9003"}],"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=9003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9007,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9003\/revisions\/9007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}