Burundi's constitutional court endorses President Nkurunziza's re-election

The Burundian constitutional court has endorsed the re-election of the east African country's President Pierre Nkurunziza for another five-year term, the constitutional court said Thursday afternoon.

"No irregularities were observed during the presidential poll election process or during the vote counting. Besides, no claims were made by candidates to the presidential poll," said Charles Ndagijimana, president of the Burundian constitutional court in a press conference.

Ndagijimana however indicated that there was an "error" in calculating the percentage of votes obtained by candidates to the presidential poll.

"After deliberation, I declare that the July 21 presidential election was regularly held and I declare that Pierre Nkurunziza was elected President of Burundi for the next five years," said Ndagijimana.

According to him, the term is to be counted when President Pierre Nkurunziza is sworn in.

The Burundian constitution provides that Nkurunziza will be sworn in on August 26.

During the July 21 presidential poll, Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza got 69.41 percent of votes.

Nkurunziza won over seven candidates including main opposition leader Agathon Rwasa who got 18.99 percent of votes. Endit