Other
East African leaders are asking the country of Burundi to postpone the presidential
elections that have been set in June. The request by the regions leaders has
been in response to the violence that has occurred due to the current
presidents announcement to rerun for a third term. These protests have been occurring
the past few weeks and around 20 people have died since they have began.
The
main concerning matter in this situation is some discrepancy over what the constitution
says in regards to re-election of presidents. The constitution states the president
can only be elected for only 2 terms, but the current president is claiming
that he is not violating this because he was not actually elected in 2005. He
was appointed to the position by congress.
While protesters obviously are not
agreeing with his statements.
Earlier
in May, a coup was attempted and failed causing nearly 90,000 of the citizens
to flee the country. Could this be the start to more political unrest for East African
region?
-Cara Hoover
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