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Parliament suggests special status at Arusha peace talks

    NAIROBI

    Speaker of the Burundi parliament, Leonce Ngendakumana, said on Wednesday that, in view of its national mandate and the role it would have to play in implementing any agreement negotiated, the transitional national assembly needed to have special status at the ongoing Arusha peace talks. This stand was reportedly rejected by a group of parliamentarians representing the influential Convergence nationale pour la paix et la
    reconciliation (CNPR), Burundi Radio reported. The CNPR accused
    Ngendakumana of airing an opinion which had not been agreed by parliament and urged the assembly to adopt a clear position on this "crucial question".

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