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Burundi: bishops argue against unconstitutional 3rd presidential term
March 30, 2015
Burundi’s Catholic bishops have stated their opposition to a plan by President Pierre Nukurunziza to run for a third 5-year term.
The bishops said that the African nation could “fall back into divisions, clashes, or war” if the president ignored the country’s constitution, which limits a president to two terms. The bishops’ statement could carry great weight in Burundi, where Catholics make up more than 75% of the population.
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