Burundi prepared for Monday’s election as violence continues

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On the eve of elections in Burundi, the National Assembly President fled to Belgium, as political unrest gets more deadly . He denounced what he called the “illegal and unconstituitional” bid by Burundi’s President for a third term. The opposition says it will boycott Monday’s local and Parliamentary elections. Nevertheless, it’s all systems go as the country prepares to head to the polls. CCTV-America’s Kofa Mrenje filed the report from Burundi.

Highlight:

  • As Burundi’s electoral commission staff distribute election materials to polling stations across the country. Burundians will go to parliamentary polls Monday before presidential elections scheduled for mid July.
  • Key allies including Belgium, the U.S. and the E.U. withdrew funding for the exercise. But the government got support from other partners, including China and Germany.