

Burundi: Congres National pour la Liberte (CNL) – Communique de Presse (01.05.2020)






The elections up-coming in Burundi is pre-fixed, no doubt about it. That is why President Pierre Nkurunziza has signed the decree this month and fixed the date for the 20th May 2020. The day of when the successor and loyal cadre Evariste Ndayishimiye is up. After three terms and two constitutional changes. Suddenly the Supreme Leader of Patriotism will back down. Only showing up for the National Day. Well, I doubt that, he will be the ringleader and the kingpin behind the scenes.
A man who forged his power in blood, a man who used all means to stay in power. Changed laws and fixed the Courts in his favour. Suddenly wants to retire after changing the Capital, because he wasn’t feeling the love from Bujumbura. Well, call me cynical, but I am not buying it.
Surely, he will use the tricks of the trade. Take note of what Joseph Kabila did. The man who ensured relevancy and power of the chambers. However, not have any accountability nor any questions to his reach there. Kabila does that now in the Democratic Republic of Congo, he has the President and his coalition by the strings. They are his puppets under his FCC regime.
While Nkurunziza has seen that and how the West has validated Felix Tshisekedi and he wants some of that. As he surely knows that his state is a pariah state. Righteously so, as all his enemies either ends up dead or in exile. Just like we have seen Uprona, PALIPE-AGAKIZA and ADR-Imvugakuri supporting CNDD-FDD during this late week. Therefore, these elections are fixed, no matter what the CNL or OLUCOME thinks. They can run some rallies and show their faces, but don’t expect any glory.
That glory is for Evariste and Pierre. The rest of you are pawns. You will not be crowned king. The king hasn’t killed, destroyed and built a para-military unit of Imbonerakure for fun. He has done that to intimidate and control. That is why CNL and FNL people suddenly goes missing or stops breathing. So, expect more blood and more tears. Evariste knows and Pierre knows this too.
The election and riots of 2015 was bloody. There might be more, also more death time around as the COVID-19 or Coronavirus is hitting these elections. So, the rallies might become hot-spots for spreading the virus. It will have a month of possible transmission between people. Still, the President and his CENI doesn’t worry about that. It is more important to have a fourth term of CNDD-FDD. That is more vital to the Republic, than possibly making the pandemic hit the Republic harder.
Nkurunziza has already planned this for so long in his office. He has injured so many families and folks to stay in power. He cannot risk losing that and this is his patriotic duty. To ensure his “retirement” and his pay-check as VP for life. He wants to play the big-man in the shadow and control from afar. Instead of getting all the discredit and scrutiny in office. However, don’t be shocked if he suddenly returns too like Putin did. Nkurunziza will never leave, his just on a temporary break.
We could act like we don’t know, but a blood-thirsty tyrant like Nkurunziza isn’t just going to hang up the crown and call it a day. No, I don’t believe that and that would be naive. That would be stupid, because he would risk losing it and be questioned for it all. Even if his own party and Imbonerkura was all involved. He still would have to answer for it in an inquiry or an investigation in the future. An opposition leader would surely dig into that, as he knows someone hurt and dead by this man.
So, the results in May is ready, the are set and cooked. They just need the photo-ops, the smiles, the grins and the postage done. They just needs the stamps, the approval of the Courts and call it another day. That is just in the cards, they are already in play and now waiting for the end-game. Which is pre-fixed. Evariste and Pierre has secured that. Peace.









