29 November 2007
Bujumbura — The Confederation of Civil societies, FORSC, has demanded that Nqakula and his team to step down after they failed in their mission of reaching peaceful solution to the conflict between the government of Burundi and the last active armed movement, FNL-PALIPEHUTU.
This demand is made after the facilitator Nqakula demanded the assistance of the United Nations in supplying food to FNL dissidents grouped in Randa and Cibitoke. In his address to the UN Security on last Wednesday, Charles Nqakula said that he has now reached the disarmament process. He revealed that Rwasa is now left with less than 800 combatants mentioning that more 2000 have already joined waiting areas where the South African government is supplying them food.
Charles Nqakula is trying to bypass the FNL issue. Although he mentions that he will meet Agathon Rwasa tomorrow at Dar es Salaam, he still ignores the strength of combatants still loyal to Agathon Rwasa. The attacks that made many lives within dissidents guarded by companies of the national defence forces at Buterere, Rugazi, and Gakungwe; the killing of FNL dissident commanders at ten metres of a police station have not convinced Burundians that this movement still have unimagined striking force.
The exact number of FNL combatants is currently not known. Recruitment of new combatants continues in various strongholds of FNL-PALIPEHUTU. The identity of more than two thousand so-called FNL dissidents is still controversial. A growing opinion labels them as CNDD-FDD combatants left in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
This stand was strengthened after a number of persons claiming to be FNL dissidents gathered in the bush of Gihamagara in Gitega province located in the centre of Burundi. After one day-stay in the bush, it was found that these so-called FNL dissidents were rather a gang of thieves.
In some political milieus, it is said that facilitator was bought by CNDD-FDD which fears to lose some positions on the eve of the 2010 elections.
Be the first to Write a Comment!
Copyright © 2007 Burundi Réalités. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.
