{"id":9108,"date":"2018-06-13T09:05:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T09:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=9108"},"modified":"2018-06-14T05:54:18","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T05:54:18","slug":"us-welcomes-burundi-president-announcement-to-leave-office-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/us-welcomes-burundi-president-announcement-to-leave-office-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"US welcomes Burundi president announcement to leave office in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In statement issued on 12 June, Heather Nauert, Spokesperson for the US Department of State has said the US welcomes Burundi president announcement that he does not intend to seek a fourth term, reaffirming the promise he made to Burundian people in 2015.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9112\" style=\"width: 429px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9112\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-9112\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Heather-Nauert.jpg\" alt=\"Heather Nauert, \u201cThe president\u2019 decision would be a strong step forwards for Burundian democracy.\u201d\" width=\"419\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Heather-Nauert.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Heather-Nauert-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Heather-Nauert-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Heather-Nauert-600x345.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heather Nauert, \u201cThe president\u2019 decision would be a strong step forwards for Burundian democracy.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza announced on 7 June after promulgating the new Constitution adopted through 17 May referendum that his term in office as president would run out in 2020. \u201cI will not go back on a promise that I made in 2015,\u201d he said. In the inauguration ceremonies after winning 2015 elections, president Nkurunziza said \u201chis term would be the last.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Heather, the president\u2019 decision would be a strong step forwards for Burundian democracy. \u201cThis would set a positive example for other leaders in region,\u201d says Heather.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson for the US Department of State calls on Burundi government to take transparent steps to improve governance, respect for human rights, civic space, and media freedom. \u201cThese measures are essential for free, fair and open political competition ahead of 2020 elections,\u201d reads the statement signed by Heather Nauert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In statement issued on 12 June, Heather Nauert, Spokesperson for the US Department of State has said the US welcomes Burundi president announcement that he does not intend to seek a fourth term, reaffirming the promise he made to Burundian people in 2015. Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza announced on 7 June after promulgating the new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":9112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,670],"tags":[1177,113],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9108"}],"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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9108"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9114,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9108\/revisions\/9114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}