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Top Burundi judge flees as protest death toll continues to rise
As protests against Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term in office entered a second week, top politicians and local leaders are fleeing the country.
Sylvère Nimpagaritse, the vice-president of Burundian Constitutional Court, who was due to decide on the legality of President Pierre Nkurunziza nomination for a third term, has fled the country. Protests have stretched into a second week.
Nimpagaritse arrived in Rwanda a few days after Member of Parliament Thomas Bukuru and two communal bourgmestres (mayors) Gaudose Niyonsaba and Basile Ndereyimana of Gisagara and Mushiha communes, respectively, also fled, crossing into Rwanda.
Meanwhile, human rights activist Pierre-Claver Mbonimpa told journalists in the capital Bujumbura, yesterday, that the constitutional court was not be impartial since most of its members are 'darlings' of President Nkurunziza.
By Our Reporter & Agency
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Top Burundi judge flees as protest death toll continues to rise
As protests against Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term in office entered a second week, top politicians and local leaders are fleeing the country.
Sylvère Nimpagaritse, the vice-president of Burundian Constitutional Court, who was due to decide on the legality of President Pierre Nkurunziza nomination for a third term, has fled the country. Protests have stretched into a second week.
Nimpagaritse arrived in Rwanda a few days after Member of Parliament Thomas Bukuru and two communal bourgmestres (mayors) Gaudose Niyonsaba and Basile Ndereyimana of Gisagara and Mushiha communes, respectively, also fled, crossing into Rwanda.
Meanwhile, human rights activist Pierre-Claver Mbonimpa told journalists in the capital Bujumbura, yesterday, that the constitutional court was not be impartial since most of its members are 'darlings' of President Nkurunziza.
By Our Reporter & Agency
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