Burundi opens the double electoral campaign with great pomp, despite accusations of muselement of opponents

Burundi held a major ceremony on Friday 9 May before launching the electoral campaign. The country, whose legislative and communal elections will take place on 5 June, seeks to show that it enjoys a soothing democracy, that political parties live in good intelligence, power and the opposition included. This facade union does not hide the will to dominate the presidential party, estimates part of the opposition which preferred to go to other occu…

This Friday, May 9, 2025, at the Ingoma Stadium of Gitega, in the center of the country, President Evariste Ndayishimiye, solemnly launched the electoral campaign for the legislative and communal parties on June 5th. A parade of political parties, independents, ... marked this event. An opportunity for the President of the Republic to call on all actors to ensure the smooth running of the campaign and the elections.