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G6 says it’s not the greatest loser

    NAIROBI

    Alphonse Rugambarara, spokesman for the G6 pro-Tutsi parties opposed to Buyoya, said his group “was not the greatest loser” following the appointment of Buyoya to lead the first half of the transition, sources in Bujumbura told IRIN on Friday.
    Speaking at Bujumbura airport on his return from Pretoria, he said the Burundian people had most to lose, followed by “democratic principles and the army”. “The army has once again been trapped as in 1993 [when democratically-elected president Melchior Ndadaye was assassinated] when it refused to accept a person democratically appointed to lead the country.”

    “President Mandela himself acknowledged this by saying that if we took into account democratic principles Colonel Bayaganakandi [the G6 candidate for the presidency] would under normal circumstances preside over the first phase of the transitional period,” Rugambarara added.

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