Sides agree in principle on investigative commissions

Six Burundian delegations holding consultations in Dar es Salaam have agreed in principle on establishing commissions of enquiry to investigate political and ethnic killings in Burundi, the Tanzanian ‘Guardian’ daily reported. A national commission would deal with amnesty issues in the spirit of national reconciliation, while a proposed international commission would investigate suspected killers, the newspaper said. The six sides meeting in Dar es Salaam include the government, the national assembly, the mainly-Tutsi UPRONA party, the mainly-Hutu FRODEBU party, the rebel Conseil national pour la defense de la democratie (CNDD) and the hardline Tutsi PARENA party. Discussions are still continuing on the make-up of the commissions, observers said.