{"id":36555,"date":"2018-02-26T17:15:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T16:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/36555-tense-burundi-not-ready-for-elections-un-envoy.html"},"modified":"2018-02-26T17:15:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T16:15:02","slug":"tense-burundi-not-ready-for-elections-un-envoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/36555-tense-burundi-not-ready-for-elections-un-envoy.html","title":{"rendered":"Tense Burundi not ready for elections: UN envoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-excerpt\">\n<p>Burundi is not ready to hold credible elections because the ruling party and its allies remain firmly in control of political life and tensions remain high, a UN envoy said Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In power since 2005, Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza is leading a push for a referendum in May on changes to the constitution that would allow him to run in elections in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>UN envoy Michel Kafando told the UN Security Council that the political situation remains \"tense\" in Burundi and that conditions are not right for elections.<\/p>\n<p>\"Only the majority party and some other allied political groups are able to conduct unobstructed political activities,\" said Kafando, adding that the economy was suffering as a result of the turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>\"Such a situation cannot be suitable for the organization of credible elections.\"<\/p>\n<p>When Nkurunziza ran for a third term in 2015 and won, his victory sparked a crisis and violence that has left at least 1,200 dead and driven more than 400,000 into exile.<\/p>\n<p>The president has refused to hold talks with the opposition, despite a mediation set up by regional countries under former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa.<\/p>\n<p>Kafando, who briefly served as president of Burkina Faso, said that while the security situation had improved, human rights abuses continue to be reported.<\/p>\n<p>Burundi's Ambassador Albert Shingiro said the country was working to create a \"suitable environment for democratic, free, transparent and peaceful elections\" in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>He asked the council to remove Burundi from its agenda \"because the situation in the country is generally calm and poses no threat to international peace and security.\"<\/p>\n<p>In a report presented to the council this month, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticized Nkurunziza's move to hold a constitutional referendum, saying changes to the charter must be done in an \"inclusive\" manner.<\/p>\n<p>A UN commission of inquiry set up in 2016 has found that crimes against humanity have been committed in the violence in Burundi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burundi is not ready to hold credible elections because the ruling party and its allies remain firmly in control of political life and tensions remain high, a UN envoy said Monday. 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