Burundian politicians in exile are being encouraged to return to their country and engage in elective politics back home.
The chairman of Sahwanya Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU) also president of the Alliance of Democrats for Change in Burundi (ADC-Ikibiri), Leonce Ngendakumana, has asked that political leaders in exile could return in the first half of this year to prepare for elections.
“We named the year 2013 a year of hope, a year of restoring confidence in the country and a year of national reconciliation.”
He added that we hope that they(exiled politicians) will be present in Burundi in the first half of this year, “announced Léonce Ngendakumana.
President Pierre Nkurunziza and his government have pledged to do everything possible to ensure that these leaders are present in Burundi before the preparation and organization of elections in 2015.
The main opposition leaders who are in exile are Rwasa, chairman of FNL, Leonard Nyangoma, president of the National Council for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD), Alexis Sinduhije, president of the Movement for Solidarity and Democracy (MSD) and Pascaline Kampayano, defeated candidate for the 2010 presidential elections on behalf of the Union for Peace and Development (UPD).
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