Burundi Moves Ahead With May Election Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
is officially underway as
authorities proclaim God will protect citizens from
the novel coronavirus, which has already infected 15 people in the
central African nation and caused the death of one other.
Seven
candidates launched campaigns Monday, with large rallies that are off
limits in other parts of Africa, where governments are mandating that
people practice social distancing to curtail the spread of the virus.
Burundi’s
presidential, legislative and municipal elections are scheduled for
May 20. Opposition groups accused President
Pierre Nkurunziza’s administration of being irresponsible for not
delaying the election.
Nkurunziza,
who is stepping down from power and is apparently shunning measures to
slow the spread of the virus, told supporters at a large rally Monday
that he is backing General Evariste Ndayishimiye, the CNDD-FDD's
presidential candidate.
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