Burundi (Vol 2, 2005)
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Democratic elections, as the last step in the transition period, radically transformed the political landscape and confronted the country with challenges of reconstruction, reconciliation and peace. The electoral success of the former rebels of the ‘Conseil National pour la Défense de la Démocratie – Forces pour la Défense de la Démocratie’ (CNDD-FDD), including the election of their leader Pierre Nkurunziza as president, gave the party control of all branches of government. Only one rebel movement, ‘Parti pour la Libération du Peuple Hutu – Forces Nationales de la Libération’ (Palipehutu-FNL), rejected the electoral process and continued its violent attacks. Apart from continued violence, political changes at the national level threatened the fragile peace process, which was based on a very delicate and complicated ethnic quota system in accordance with the model of consociational democracy. For the first time since independence, a dispute over power, at times violent, among Hutu parties eclipsed the traditional Hutu-Tutsi inter-ethnic conflict. Furthermore, the elections left key political figures with an uncertain future. Moreover, although CNDD-FDD publicly espoused an anti-ethnic discourse and included Hutu and Tutsi at all political levels, it was too early to conclude that ethnicity would no longer be a possible source of conflict. CNDD-FDD had become the dominant national political force, with the temptation for it to slide into authoritarian rule. The economic and social situation remained very precarious.
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Burundi (Vol 2, 2005)
in Africa Yearbook OnlineSearch for other papers by Eva Palmans in
Current site
Google Scholar
Search for other papers by An Ansoms in
Current site
Google Scholar
(4,391 words)