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Burundi's ruling party stresses cooperation over peace talks

Xinhua, January 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Burundian ruling party has called for close cooperation between the Ugandan facilitation in the Burundian peace talks and the National Inter-Burundian dialogue Commission (CNDI), the ruling party said Wednesday in a statement.

"The National Inter-Burundian dialogue Commission (CNDI) should be the only legal framework that is mandated to organize, coordinate and implement the dialogue process on behalf of the government. The Ugandan facilitation cannot exclude the CNDI, but they have to cooperate closely," said Daniel Gelase Ndabirabe, Spokesman of the Burundian ruling party, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD).

According to Ndabirabe, the Ugandan facilitation and the CNDI have a "challenging task" of presenting an "appropriate model of democracy" for Burundi.

"Cooperation between the Ugandan facilitation and the National Inter-Burundian dialogue Commission (CNDI) will lead to the success of the needed inclusiveness," said Ndabirabe.

The Burundian ruling party however said it is against the participation, in the peace talks, of suspects in the failed coup plot against the east African country's institutions on May 13, 2015.

On Dec. 28, 2015, the inter-Burundian dialogue was re-launched in Entebbe, Uganda, under the Ugandan facilitation.

Participants included the Burundian government, the internal opposition and the opposition in exile as well as civil society organizations.

The Ugandan facilitation decided to meet again in Arusha, Tanzania on Jan. 6, but the Burundian government said the date did not meet an agreement.

Meanwhile, on Dec. 17, 2015, the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council issued a resolution on the deployment of 5,000 troops into Burundi to prevent genocide or massive killings, but the Burundian government decided to fight against those troops if they set their feet on the east African country's territory, arguing that no genocide would take place in Burundi.

Since April, with the outbreak of protests against the third term bid of Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza and his controversial re-election in July, violence has left over 400 dead in the east African nation, according to civil society groups. Endit