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Bujumbura-Burundi.
 
BURUNDI - POLITICS.
 
"THE INCUMBENT HEAD OF STATE MUST RELINQUISH POWER ..." THE ANAC (NATIONWIDE ALLIANCE FOR  CHANGE) PERSISTS.
 
BUJUMBURA, JULY 17, 2000 (NET PRESS). THIS SATURDAY JULY 15, 2000 THE 'ANAC' (NATIONWIDE ALLIANCE FOR  CHANGE) HELD A MEETING IN MINANI'S FRODEBU NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS LOCATED AT THE RESIDENCE OF MR. DOMITIEN NDAYIZEYE, FRODEBU SECRETARY GENERAL. ACCORDING TO HONORABLE PANCRACE CIMPAYE, THE MEETING WAS ORGANIZED TO INFORME ANAC'S PROVINCIAL MEMBERS ABOUT  STATE OF PROGRESS SO FAR AT ARUSHA. DURING  THE EXCHANGES, M. DOMITIEN NDAYIZEYE DECLARED THAT THE INCUMBENT PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC MUST RELINQUISH POWER BECAUSE HE DOES NOT ENJOY THE TRUST OF ARUSHA NEGOTIATORS. HE ADDED THAT THE FUTURE TRANSITION LEADER CAN ONLY BE EITHER FROM THE ANAC OR THE G7. WHEN MR. DOMITIEN NDAYIZEYE WAS ASKED WHETHER PRESIDENT MANDELA'S PROPOSAL OF EXTENDING ANOTHER 6 MONTHS OF TRANSITION PERIOD TO PRESIDENT BUYOYA, HE REPLIED THAT THE ROLE THAT THE MEDIATOR IS ENTITLED TO IS NOT OF APPOINTING THE PERSON WHO IS TO BE IN OFFICE DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD.  "THE FUTURE PRESIDENT DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD HAS ALREADY BEEN APPOINTED AND HIS NAME CAN NOT BE DISCLOSED JUST FOR SECURITY REASONS WHICH ARE OBVIOUS AND THERE IS ONE THING WHICH MAY BE TAKEN AS GRANTED : THE CURRENT HEAD OF STATE IS NOT GOING TO BE THAT PERSON".
 
MR. DOMITIEN NDAYIZEYE ALSO STATED THAT THE PERSON TO RULE THIS COUNTRY DURING THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION MUST BE A NEW ONE : "OUR MAIN CONCERN IS BARUNDI WELL-BEING BOTH FOR THE CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. AS FOR THOSE WHO  ALLEGEDLY SAY THAT I MIGHT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN GENOCIDE, WELL, IF COMPETENT JUSTICE CONCLUDES THAT I AM GUILTY, I AM READY TO RELINQUISH ANY POLITICAL ACTIVITY. BUT ALL THE OTHER GUILTY PERSONS MUST BE PURSUED BY JUSTICE SO THAT THIS COUNTRY CAN BE FROM NOW ON BE RULED BY PEOPLE WITH CLEAN HANDS , WHO MAY BE TRUSTED BY US ALL". AS FOR NDAYIZEYE'S VIEWS REGARDING THE CNDD-FDD AND THE PALIPEHUTU-FNL (NATIONAL LIBERATION FORCES), HE EMPHASIZED THAT THE FRODEBU IS KEEPING ITS DISTANCES FROM THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND ANY OTHER ARMED MOVEMENTS SINCE "BOTH THE FRODEBU AND ANAC ARE  NON-VIOLENT".
 
BURUNDI - ECONOMY.
 
OIL TRADERS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE RECENT PRICE INCREASES.
 
BUJUMBURA, JULY 17, 2000 (NET PRESS). SOME OIL TRADERS AFFIRM NOT "TO BE" VERY SATISFIED WITH THE RECENT INCREASES IN OIL PRICES SINCE THERE IS A LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY WILL  GET NO BENEFIT AT ALL AS LONG AS OIL IMPORTS WILL COST HIGH PRICES WITH  FOREIGN EXCHANGE BECOMING EVEN MORE SCARCE. TO SECURE A"SMALL MARGIN OF PROFIT", THE PRICE OF FUEL SHOULD HAVE BEEN OF AT LEAST BIF 800 INSTEAD OF 570. THIS WOULD HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR OIL IMPORTERS TO MATCH  FLUCTUATIONS WORLDWIDE, FUEL TRADERS SAY. IT MAY BE RECALLED THAT A STRIKE WHICH WAS PLANNED FOR TODAY MONDAY BY OIL DEALERS DID NOT TAKE PLACE, WHICH IMPLIES THAT EVEN IF THEY MIGHT NOT BE "VERY SATISFIED", THEY ARE SATISFIED TO SOME EXTENT.
 
AS FOR TRANSPORTERS OPERATING IN THE INTERIOR THEY CONTINUE TO APPLY FORMER FARES PENDING CONSULTATIONS TO FIX NEW TARIFFS. THE PUBLIC OPINION IS WONDERING WHO IS INDEED SATISFIED WITH THE SO CALLED "ECONOMIC RECOVERY  MEASURES" AFFECTING PETROL DEALERS, TRANSPORTERS AND CONSUMERS. THERE ARE EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY QUESTIONING THAT COOPERATION WITH THE WORLD BANK WHICH IS WORSENING AN ALREADY PRECARIOUS SITUATION RESULTING IN SKYROCKETING OF PRICES IN GENERAL.
 
BURUNDI - ECONOMY.
 
FORMER PREMIER  PASCAL-FIRMIN NDIMIRA IS LEAVING THE BURUNDI FINANCING SOCIETY (SBF) FOR NGOZI-BASED COFIDE (DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL COMPANY).
 
BUJUMBURA, JULY 17, 2000 (NET PRESS). FORMER PREMIER, MR. PASCAL-FIRMIN NDIMIRA, WHO IS HEADING BURUNDI FINANCIAL SOCIETY (SBF) SINCE AUGUST 1998, HAS RECENTLY TOLD HIS DESK OFFICERS THAT HE WAS GOING TO RESIGN HIS POST FOR A NEW NORTH-BASED PRIVATE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, THE 'COFIDE' (DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL COMPANY) IN NGOZI PROVINCE. HE ADDED THAT HIS SENIORS IN RANK WERE ALREADY INFORMED ABOUT HIS DECISION (NOTE FROM THE EDITORIAL OFFICES : I.E. THE GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK, THE FINANCE MINISTER, THE SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC) WHO HAD ACCEPTED HIS RESIGNATION.
 
BURUNDI - SECURITY.
 
BURUNDI LOOTED PROPERTY SOLD IN TANZANIA BY THE TERRORISTS-GENOCIDERS.
 
RUTANA, JULY 17, 2000 (NET PRESS). IN THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES OF BURUNDI AS ELSEWHERE COUNTRYWIDE, CASES OF ARMED ROBBERY ARE ACTUALLY REPORTED AND THEY HAVE  A NEW TREND SINCE THERE USED TO BE THEFT OF COWS, FOOD, GOATS, POULTRY AND MONEY... THIS FOOD AND THAT CATTLE WERE SERVING AS SUPPLIES WHILE THE REMNANTS ARE SOLD ON THE OTHER SHORE OF THE MALAGALAZI SWAMPS (I.E. ON THE TANZANIAN TERRITORY). ACCORDING TO LOCAL SOURCES, COWS ARE SOLD TO THE CHIEFS OF THE TERRORISTS-GENOCIDERS IN TANZANIA. THUS, DURING THE WEEK-END ALL OVER THE PROVINCE OF RUTANA AND IN ALMOST ALL THE COMMUNES SUCH CASES OF THEFT WERE REPORTED AND LIKEWISE IN THE COMMUNE OF MPINGA-KAYOVE AT KIBINZI WHERE THE TERRORISTS-GENOCIDERS STOLE ON SATURDAY JULY 15, 2000, 60 COWS WHICH THEY TOOK STRAIGHTAWAY TO TANZANIA VIA THE COMMUNE OF GIHARO.
 
DURING THAT SAME NIGHT, CATTLE AND CORRUGATED IRON SHEETS WERE STOLEN IN THE SECTORS OF RURANGA AND KABANGA, BUKEMBA COMMUNE AND A NEW PHENOMENON HAS OCCURRED, NAMELY THE LOOTING OF 9 HOUSES AND 2 PENTECOST CHURCHES (IN THE SECTOR OF RURANGA) AND IN THE SECTOR OF KABANGA  ONE MORE CHURCH WHOSE 300 SHEET METALS WERE TAKEN WITHOUT DELAY INTO TANZANIA FOR SALE. THUS THERE IS A NEW MARKET OF BURUNDI SHEET METALS SOLD IN THE TANZANIAN REGION OF KIGOMA. THE GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP OF RUTANA IS CONCERNED WITH THIS NEW FORM OF THEFT WHICH IS INEVITABLY FORCING THE POPULATION TO LIVE IN CAMPS FOR THE DISPLACED PERSONS ON AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
 
ALL THESE THINGS ARE OCCURRING AFTER THE MEETING BETWEEN BURUNDI AND TANZANIA DEFENCE MINISTERS WHO HAD AGREED TO EXCHANGE PERSONS PRESUMED TROUBLE MAKERS.
 
BURUNDI - SECURITY.
 
YOUNG HUTU LEAVE THE COMMUNE OF BUGARAMA, BUJUMBURA RURAL PROVINCE, FOR TANZANIA TO JOIN THE RANKS OF THE TERRORISTS-GENOCIDERS.
 
BUJUMBURA RURAL, JULY 17, 2000 (NET PRESS). YOUNG HUTU BOYS ARE LEAVING THEIR COMMUNE OF BUGARAMA, BUJUMBURA RURAL PROVINCE, ON A MASSIVE BASIS TOWARDS TANZANIA VIA THE COMMUNES OF RUMONGE AND NYANZA-LAC WHERE THEY PRETEND TO BE LOOKING FOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES.  ACCORDING TO LOCAL SOURCES THEY LATER JOIN THE RANKS OF THE TERRORISTS-GENOCIDERS SO AS TO BE FINALLY INTEGRATED IN THE NATIONAL ARMY AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE ARUSHA ACCORDS.
 
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE POPULATION WHICH IS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY  HUTU CONTINUES TO PAY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CNDD AMOUNTING TO BIF 1,500 PER PERSON.  IT'S HAVE BEEN SAID THAT THIS POPULATION IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE TERRORISTS-GENOCIDERS WHO ARE IN THAT AREA AND WHO ARE COMMITTING ATROCITIES ON BUJUMBURA-RUMONGE ROAD FROM TIME TO TIME.

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