The party of the main opposition candidate in Burundi’s May 20 presidential election, Agathon Rwasa, denounced an “electoral masquerade” after the announcement of the landslide victory of the ruling party’s candidate, Evariste Ndayishimiye.
“We are in the process of putting together our complaint file, and we are going to comply with the law, and tomorrow (Tuesday) or the day after tomorrow (Wednesday) we are going to file (our appeal) at the (Constitutional) Court to rule on the massive frauds that have punctuated this electoral masquerade,” the spokesman for the National Council for Liberty (CNL), Thérence Manirambona, told AFP.
Mr. Ndayishimiye won Wednesday’s presidential election with 68.72% of the vote against 24.19% for Mr. Rwasa, who came second (out of seven candidates), according to official figures announced on Monday afternoon on television by the National Independent Electoral Commission (Céni).
We are in the process of putting together our complaint file, and we are going to comply with the law, and tomorrow (Tuesday) or the day after tomorrow (Wednesday) we are going to file (our appeal) at the (Constitutional) Court to rule on the massive frauds that have punctuated this electoral masquerade.
In case of an unsuccessful appeal by the opposition, General Ndayishimiye, 52, will succeed President Pierre Nkurunziza.
