Also in the delegation is Minister of
Public Security Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, Minister to the Office of the
President responsible for East African Community Affairs Léontine
Nzeyimana and spokesperson of the Ruling Party CNDD–FDD, Mr Gélase
Ndabirabe, according to the EALA spokesperson, Mr Bobi Odiko.
Others are leader of the SANGWE PADER
Party, Mr Augustin Nzojibwami, leader of the FNL Party, Mr Jacques
Bigirimana, leader of UPRONA Party, Madame Concile Nibigira, and the
leader of the Coalition of Parties (COPA), Mr Jean de Dieu Mutabazi.
Regional Parliamentarians from Kenya,
Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi, who converge in Arusha this week,
will be hearing public reports from East African citizens regarding the
situation in Burundi.
This will be the second public hearing
workshop on the Petition filed at East African Legislative Assembly by
the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) on the deteriorating human rights
and humanitarian situation in the Republic of Burundi which takes place
at the EALA Chambers today.
The EALA Regional Affairs and Conflict
Resolution Committee (RACR) initially called for the public hearing
workshop on January 13-16, 2016 to review the petition by the Pan
African Lawyers Union (PALU) submitted to EALA in November 2015 on the
subject matter.
However, the assembly received a letter
from the Burundi Government dated January 8, 2016, indicating their
unavailability on the dates (January 13-16) but reiterating the desire
to participate in the workshop after January 18.
On the first day, the Public Hearing Workshop orally received the petition from the six petitioners.
The presentation was made on behalf of
the petitioners by the Chief Executive Officer of PALU, Mr Don Deya.
Immediately thereafter, members took the opportunity to seek
clarifications on the presentation
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