Opposition protests agreement claiming exclusion

Claiming exclusion from the recent selection process of an interim administration, and calling the agreed arrangement an “imposition of an inequitable sharing of power”, the pro-Hutu PALIPEHUTU/FNL group stated that it nevertheless remained “completely amenable” to participating in “an impartial and fully-inclusive [negotiation] process,” according to a press statement received from the organisation by IRIN on Monday. Stating that “it is time that the participants in the Burundi peace process admit the mistake that has been made and find an alternative to surmount this impasse”, the Palipehutu/FNL cautioned that “while waiting for affairs to be put in order [and] the authorities of Bujumbura to prove their good faith, the struggle for freedom by Palipehutu/FNL can only continue, whatever the cost may be.”