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UPRONA casts doubt on FDD’s promise

    NAIROBI

    The ruling UPRONA party on Wednesday expressed doubt over the recent promise by the leader of the rebel Forces pour la defense de la democratie (FDD), Jean-Bosco Ndayikengurukiye, that his party would join the ongoing Arusha peace process. Burundi radio quoted a statement from UPRONA as saying this was not the first time Ndayikengurukiye had made such a promise. “What is important is not to make promises but to keep them,” UPRONA stated. It said the preconditions put forward by the FDD clearly showed “he is looking for pretexts not to be at the table of negotiations”. Ndayikengurukiye has called for the dismantling of regroupment camps in Burundi and the release of “political prisoners”.

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