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Burundi: The Police Continue the Disarmament of Civilians
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Burundi Réalités (Bujumbura)
14 February 2008
Posted to the web 15 February 2008
Bujumbura
The police have continued the ongoing process of disarming civilians in different quarters of Bujumbura. Today, the police carried out a house-to- house search in Buyenzi commune. The police caught two grenades and many smuggled objects.
The police are determined to continue this disarmament although there is a commission with the same aims. This commission was set up in 2006 but the lack of funds thwarted its activities. This year, the government allotted 300 millions to the commission. The United Nations Integrated Bureau in Burundi (BINUB) promised US$ 500 to support the programme. Independent studies have shown that between around three hundred thousand weapons flow between civilians.
Although the police started the disarmament after the escalation of violence in Bujumbura the ruling party is satisfied with the level of security in Burundi as the spokesman for CNDD-FDD said yesterday in a press conference in which supporters outnumbered journalists. Today, in a joint press conference of local human rights organisations, the outgoing president of the Ligue Iteka, Mr. Jean-Marie Vianney Kavumbagu, said that the ruling party should not compare the current situation with the previous time, for in past there was no elected government. LDGL, FDH, OAG, IDH and Ligue are also opposed to the position of the President of the Republic who told journalists in United States of America that the trial of Col Bangirimana may take place after the analyses of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. These organisations say that the crimes committed after the signature of the Arusha peace accord will not be dealt with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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