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Bujumbura-Burundi.
 
BURUNDI - PEACE PROCESS.
 
BARUNDI NEGOTIATORS RETURN FROM ARUSHA.
 
BUJUMBURA, AUGUST 29, 2000 (NET PRESS). BARUNDI DELEGATES TO ARUSHA NEGOTIATIONS WERE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN BUJUMBURA CITY THIS AFTER-NOON, ONE DAY AFTER THE SIGNING OF ARUSHA ACCORDS. IT IS TO BE EMPHASIZED THAT ALL THE DELEGATIONS BUT THE PRO-HUTU G7, HAVE EXPRESSED  FOR A LONG TIME RESERVATIONS OVER THE DOCUMENT WORKED OUT BY THE MEDIATION. THE DEMANDS OF PRESIDENT BUYOYA WHO HAD REFUSED TO ENTER THE HALL OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER WERE FINALLY MET, SINCE THE DOCUMENT SIGNED WAS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE INITIAL VERSION. INDEED, ACCORDING TO MR. AMBROISE NIYONSABA, PEACE PROCESS MINISTER AND G 10 DELEGATES SIGNATORIES OF THE FINAL DOCUMENT, THE NEW VERSION OF THE ACCORD "IS REFERRING TO UN S/1996/682 REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ENQUIRY COMMITTEE ON BURUNDI" AND MANY OTHER ISSUES WHOSE "IMPLEMENTATION MIGHT HAVE JEOPARDIZED NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY" HAVE BEEN GIVEN UP, NAMELY "PEACEKEEPING FORCES", FOREIGN MAGISTRATES COMING TO BURUNDI AND THE SETTING UP OF AN "IMPLEMENTING COMMITTEE" AND A "HIGH TRANSITION COUNCIL" TO BE LATER REPLACED BY A SENATE.
 
AS FOR MEMBERS OF THE CURRENT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FROM THE CIVIL SOCIETY, THEY MAY BE QUIET NOW SINCE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE DISMISSED AS INITIALLY PROPOSED IN THE DRAFT ACCORD.
 
ONLY 13 BURUNDI POLITICAL PARTIES SIGNED THE "NEW TEXT" OF THE ACCORD YESTERDAY WHILE 6 TUTSI-OBEDIENT PARTIES (NAMELY ANADDE, PSD, AV-INTWARI, PRP, RADDES AND PIT) HAD REQUESTED MORE TIME TO EXAMINE THE DRAFT .
 
THE MEDIATION HAS REPORTEDLY GIVEN A 30-DAY PERIOD TO THE 19 PARTIES TO ANALYZE THE LAST OUTSTANDING ISSUES THAT ARE, IN THE THE OPINION OF THE FACILITATION, THE TRANSITION PERIOD (THE NOMINATION OF THE PERSON TO LEAD IT) AND THE CEASE-FIRE, WHILE THE G 10 GROUP BELIEVES THAT THE LIST MUST ALSO INCLUDE THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND THE ISSUE OF GENOCIDE. ACCORDING TO   MEDIATOR'S CIRCLES, "BOTH CAMPS SHALL GO TO SOUTH AFRICA SOON TO NEGOTIATE THE ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF PORTFOLIOS,  WITHIN THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT,  THE PARLIAMENT  AND THE ARMY".
 
BURUNDI - NEGOTIATIONS.
 
FEARS OF THE OUTCOME OF ARUSHA TALKS CAUSE ACTIVITIES IN BUJUMBURA TOWN TO SLOW DOWN .
 
BUJUMBURA, AUGUST 29, 2000 (NET PRESS). SINCE YESTERDAY, ALL BARUNDI PEOPLE HAD ALL EARS ON RADIO TRANSISTORS WAITING FOR THE OUTCOME OF ARUSHA TALKS. IN THE MEANWHILE, LEAFLETS ASKING PEOPLE NOT TO GO TO WORK HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED AND PEOPLE WERE FEARING TO GO OUT OF THEIR HOUSES SINCE THEY DID NOT KNOW THE REACTION TO ARUSHA TALKS .
 
THIS MORNING, IN SOME QUARTERS SUCH AS KININDO, ACTIVITIES OF THE MINIBUSES STARTED A BIT LATE AS THEY DID YESTERDAY 28 AUGUST, 2000. VERY FEW PEOPLE WERE IN THE STREETS THIS MORNING AND OFFICES WERE HALF EMPTY. CIVIL SERVANTS WERE MORE KEEN TO LEARN THE ESSENCE OF THE 180-PAGE DOCUMENT AMENDED BY ARUSHA NEGOTIATORS BEFORE ITS SIGNING BY ONE PART OF THE DELEGATIONS. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO KNOW EXACTLY  WHAT  WAS SIGNED BY BURUNDIAN DELEGATIONS.
 
THE PUBLIC OPINION BELIEVES THAT THE SMALLER PARTIES THAT REFUSED TO SIGN SHALL FINALLY  DO SO EVEN IF THEY ARE NOW RELUCTANT. IF ONE LOOKS INTO THE LIST OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES THAT SIGNED, THE FRODEBU SIGNED WITH ITSELF SINCE THE G 7 GROUP INCLUDES THE FRODEBU PARTY AND ITS SATELLITES AND THE GOVERNMENT IS DOMINATED BY THAT PARTY AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
 
BURUNDI - NEGOTIATIONS.
 
THE SIGNING OF ARUSHA ACCORDS IS TO BE REGISTED IN "THE SERIES OF TREASON ACTS", THE NON NEGOTIATING UPRONA SAYS.
 
BUJUMBURA, AUGUST 29, 2000 (NET PRESS). ACCORDING TO MUKASI WING OF UPRONA PARTY  DECLARATION RELEASED ON THIS TUESDAY 29 AUGUST, 2000, THE SIGNING OF THE NEW "IMPIOUS" ACCORDS BY THE INCUMBENT GOVERNMENT WAS NOT A SURPRISE. THE SAME PARTY ADDED THAT IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL OTHER "SHAMEFUL AND GUILTY" OPTIONS "OF LEADERS WHO HAVE LEAD HUMANKIND TO CATASTROPHE", THE ACCORDS SIGNED AT ARUSHA MUST BE ACCOUNTED FOR AS " SERIES OF TREASON ACTIONS" AND "AS ALL THE OTHER POLICIES THAT ARE DISGRACEFUL TO HUMANKIND, ARUSHA IS AN EXCEEDING ACT". ACCORDING TO THE SAME COMMUNIQUE, THAT ACT SHALL "INEVITABLY LEAD BURUNDI AND THE COUNTRIES OF THE SUB-REGION TO CATASTROPHE".
 
GIVEN THE SITUATION, UPRONA PARTY CALLS ON BARUNDI PEOPLE TO "FIGHT WITH ALL THEIR ENERGY THESE IMPIOUS ACCORDS BY ALL REQUIRED MEANS AS DID OTHER PEOPLES ONCE THE LAW, THE MORAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS WERE ATTACKED AND VIOLATED". THE DECLARATION CALLS ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO DEFINITELY  REJECT SUCH "DEADLY WAYS". THE UPRONA PARTY CAUTIONS BARUNDI PEOPLE AGAINST THOSE "WHO UTILIZE SLOGANS OF SEEKING PEACE AND RECONCILIATION WHILE IN FACT, THEY  ARE ONLY GLOBETROTTERS SEEKING FOR WAR, SHAME AND DISHONOR". (SEE "NET PRESS" SITE "RUGAMBA", RUBRIC "AGORA").
 
BURUNDI - DETENTION.
 
GENOCIDE SURVIVORS FROM THE ZONE OF CIBITOKE (BUJUMBURA MAYORSHIP) DEMAND THAT MR. DIOMEDE RUTAMUCERO BE SET FREE.
 
BUJUMBURA, AUGUST 29, 2000 (NET PRESS). OVER 100 GENOCIDE SURVIVORS FROM THE ZONE OF CIBITOKE (BUJUMBURA MAYORSHIP) HAVE RECENTLY SIGNED A DECLARATION DATED AUGUST 28, 2000 BY WHICH THEY DENOUNCE THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS GENOCIDE  AGAINST WHICH NOTHING IS DONE FOR ITS ERADICATION. ON THE CONTRARY, IT IS JAILING PEOPLE WHO ARE FIGHTING IT AND THIS IS THE CASE FOR  MR. DIOMEDE RUTAMUCERO WHO IS IN PRISON FOR NO REASON SINCE AUGUST 18, 2000, CIBITOKE GENOCIDE SURVIVORS SAY.
THEREFORE , THE GENOCIDE SURVIVORS DEMAND THAT THE GOVERNMENT SET FREE "WITHOUT DELAY" MR.  RUTAMUCERO AND LET HIM FIGHT EVEN HARDER THE GENOCIDE. THEY EXPRESS THEIR INDIGNATION OVER THE GENOCIDERS' BEING FREE WHILE THOSE WHO STRUGGLE AGAINST GENOCIDE ARE SUBJECT TO BEATINGS. THEY  INFORM THE GOVERNMENT THAT THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL MUST CONTINUE .
 
BURUNDI - SECURITY.
 
THE ZONE OF BUTERERE (BUJUMBURA PROVINCE) ATTACKED BY TERRORISTS-GENOCIDERS.
 
BUJUMBURA, AUGUST 29, 2000 (NET PRESS). THE NIGHT WHEN THE ARUSHA ACCORDS WERE SIGNED WAS A NIGHTMARE IN MUBONE, BUTERERE ZONE, MUTIMBUZI COMMUNE, BUJUMBURA RURAL PROVINCE. IT WAS CHARACTERIZED BY AN HOUR-LONG ATTACK BY THE TERRORISTS-GENOCIDERS. ACCORDING TO LOCAL SOURCES, THE TERRORISTS-GENOCIDERS WHO WERE IN A VERY LARGE NUMBER, FIRST, CAUGHT IN A CROSS-FIRE A PSP (PUBLIC SECURITY POLICE) POSITION AND THEN ENTERED HOUSES TO STEAL FOOD, MONEY AND CLOTHES IN 25 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE QUARTER OF MUGARURO. SEVERAL PIGS WERE UNSKINNED AND  THEN MEET TAKEN AWAY .
 
ACCORDING TO THE SAME SOURCES, THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES DURING THE ATTACK . IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT THE POLICE POSITION WAS THE FIRST TO BE TARGETED, THUS PREVENTING IT FROM INTERVENING, THEIR RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM MIGHT HAVE BEEN OUT OF ORDER, ANOTHER REASON WHICH COULD EXPLAIN WHY THEY DID NOT INTERVENE. FACING SUCH A SITUATION, ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES REQUIRED THE POPULATION TO BE VIGILANT AND NOT TO LET FREELY LET THE ENEMY IN.
 
BURUNDI - ECONOMY.
 
'INTERBANK BURUNDI' HAS ESTABLISHED A NEW BRANCH AT GITEGA CITY.
 
GITEGA, AUGUST 29, 2000 (NET PRESS). SINCE YESTERDAY AUGUST 28, 2000, INTERBANK BURUNDI ESTABLISHED ITS BRANCH AT GITEGA CITY, THUS INCREASING THE NUMBER OF ITS BRANCHES TO 6 ALL OVER BURUNDI. IN FACT, IN ADDITION TO THE BRARUDI (BURUNDI BREWERY INDUSTRIES) BRANCH THAT WAS REHABILITATED IN 1998 IN CONNECTION WITH INTERBANK COMPUTER SYSTEM PROGRAMME, OTHER BRANCHES WERE SUCCESSIVELY SET UP IN NGOZI, KIRUNDO, 'QUARTIER ASIATIQUE'  (BUJUMBURA CITY COMMERCIAL QUARTER), BUJUMBURA CENTRAL MARKET AND AT 'PLACE DE L'INDEPENDANCE', WITHIN FORMER  A.M.I. (INTERNATIONAL MARITIME AGENCY) COMPOUND.

 

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