28 January 2008
Bujumbura — Members of the parliament met today in an extraordinary session and approved all the projects laws on the agenda. They did not, however, agree as to who will represent Burundi in the East-African parliament.
Members of the parliament did not meet yesterday and today's meeting did not reach quorum. Today, 79 MPs of the 79 that are needed attended the session.
Members of the parliament had put aside the issue that divided them in the previous extraordinary session, namely the setup of a special parliamentarian commission to look into the disagreements that arose in talks between the government of Burundi and PALIPEHUTU-FNL. Those MPs set the setup of this commission as a precondition for their return to the parliament have abandoned their stance. The parties' interests in the projects that they approved are also important. Having representatives in the regional parliament has won over all points that had created disagreements in the lower house of the national parliament. This about face of members of the parliament coincides with PALIPEHUTU-FNL's change of tactics. Leaders of this rebel movement now again seek new peace talks which the government of Burundi and the facilitation will have the mandate to implement. PALIPEHUTU-FNL considers that the peace agreements reached in 2006 are void.
Recently, the vice-minister in charge of regional integration, Vénérand Bakevyumusaya, said that Burundi is late in approving the ratification of the amendments of the East-African community's laws. Burundi's Consumers Association to lodge a charge against Brarudi company
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