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Burundi: President Nkurunziza Claims That Splits Within FNL Signal Progress in the Peace Process
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Burundi Réalités (Bujumbura)
2 November 2007
Posted to the web 2 November 2007
Bujumbura
The fact that there are combatants who separated from FNL-PALIPUTU shows that there is hopes that the combatants will come so that we can live together as brothers and sisters. This was indicated by president Nkurunziza after his meeting with the Norwegian heir of the throne, Higness Magnus Hakoon, who was ending his four-day-visit to Burundi as an Ambassador of good will on the behalf of the UNDP.
President Nkurunziza indicates that there is will be a summit of heads of state to find a final solution for the FNL-PALIPEHUTU.
The recent splits in FNL-PALIPEHUTU have claimed lives of more than 30 persons among the surrenders.
These splits have also sparked internal displacement after the government and the regional initiative for peace, and the mediation decided to relocate some of the breakaway combatants to the south of the capital Bujumbura.
Many households have also been looted as consequence.
Despite the resumption of the activities of the truce monitoring commission two weeks ago, there has not been any major breakthrough as FNL-PALIPEHUTU boycotted these activities for fear of security.
A series of blunders made by the mediation and the South African troops serving under the banner of the African Union has led the FNL delegation to walk out of the truce monitoring commission since July.
Since then, signs of the derailing the peace process have been apparent. It would be recalled after the attack of GAKUNGWE, the spokesman of the army, Colonel Adolphe Manirakiza was quoted as saying that â-šthat our restraint has got its limit".
There is a growing opinion that the President either does not consult his aides or experts or simply ignores their pieces of advice before addressing the nation on important and sensitive issues.
The announcement of the 34&percnt increase of salaries to civil servants in May was hailed with much enthusiasm; his failure to honour his often made promises has resulted in social unrest after prices of all commodities went on rise.
Two confederations of trade unions have already rejected the statement of the Finance minister who contradicted the head of state in announcing that the increase of 34&percnt will be effective starting January 2008.
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President's latest statement to a Norwegian journalist that the recent splits in FNL-PALIPEHUTU give hopes is seen by many as another faux pas of a president Nkurunziza who has repeatedly tried to show that he is far away of the misdeeds wherein some of his top aids are involved.
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