Alice Nzomukunda and Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira, two former Burundi deputy presidents, have been suspended temporarily from the governing board of CNARED. They are accused of serious and flagrant violation of the platform’s code of conduct.
Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira and Alice Nzomukunda , two CNARED members suspended from the governing board.
Alice Nzomukunda, Chairman of the ADR-Imvugakuri and Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira, Chairman of Sahwanya Frodebu, have been temporarily suspended from the governing board of the CNARED.
Jean Minani, Chairman of CNARED, says both of them are accused of serious and flagrant violation of the code of conduct as well as the destructive behavior.
ADR-Imvugakuri party led by Mrs. Nzomukunda has also been removed from the platform.
Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira says he is not concerned about the measure taken by CNARED given that the term of the board has already expired.
The same view is shared by Alice Nzomukunda, Chairwoman of ADR political party. She says CNARED decision is meaningless. “They do not have right to take such decision as their term has expired. Their current duty is to only manage daily affairs of the Council”, she says.
Nzomukunda says the most important and urgent thing is to focus on the inter-Burundian dialogue process. She says it is unfortunate that CNARED has dismissed the regional mediation under the facilitation of former Tanzanian President, William Mkapa. “CNARED is divided into two groups. Those who support the Inter-Burundian dialogue process under the EAC facilitation and those who do not”, she says.
The chairperson of ADR says that those who do not support the dialogue have failed in their mission.
CNARED board of directors says it is a provisional measure which cannot weaken the platform. “The temporary suspension will strengthen the opposition platform because the chief aim of the recently suspended members from CNARED governing board is to destroy CNARED-Giriteka”, says Jérèmie Minani, Spokesperson for CNARED.
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