Senate (Burundi)
Senate of Burundi Sénat du Burundi | |
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CNDD-FDD: 34 seats CNL: 1 seat UPRONA: 1 seat Twa: 3 seats | |
Length of term | 5 years |
Elections | |
Electoral college | |
Meeting place | |
Gitega | |
Website | |
www |
Burundi portal |
The Senate is the
In each of the country's
History
A provision of establishment of Senate was in the 1962 constitution of the Kingdom of Burundi, however, the body was only established in 1965.[1] The Senate was disestablished in 1966 after the coup of Michel Micombero.[1] The Senate was re-established in 2001 following Arusha Accords.[5]
Senate elections took place on 29 July 2005. The
On 19 August 2005, the Senate and
Gervais Rufyikiri, a member of the CNDD-FDD, was elected president of the Senate on 17 August 2005. On 25 June 2015, he fled the country saying he felt threatened after opposing President Nkurunziza's bid for a third term.[6] His replacement, Révérien Ndikuriyo, has made remarks comparing political opponents to cockroaches, similar to what politicians did during the Rwandan genocide, raising fears of another genocide.[7][8][9]
See also
- List of legislatures by country
- List of presidents of the Senate of Burundi
- Legislative branch
- National Assembly (Burundi), the other branch of Burundi's Parliament
References
- ^ a b c "Sénat sous la constitution monarchique -".
- ^ "Emmanuel Sinzohagera, un religieux élu à la tête du Sénat". www.iwacu-burundi.org.
- ^ "Burundi / Sénatoriales 2015 : Le nouveau Sénat 2015 – 2020". Burundi AGnews. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "Liste des Sénateurs Législature 2015-2020". Senat du Burundi. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "Sénat de transition -".
- ^ "Burundi Vice-President Gervais Rufyikiri flees". BBC News. BBC. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "Sliding towards anarchy". The Economist. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "Burundi: President's Speech Instills Fear as Killings Increase". Human Rights Watch. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ Dyer, Gwynne (27 April 2016). "Hearing the same rhetoric used in Rwanda in 1994". Vue Weekly. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.