President-elect Evariste Ndayishimiye must be sworn in right away, Burundi says
The constitution provides for the speaker of parliament to take over in such a situation, but a Burundian court ruled the interim period ‘was not necessary’
12 June 2020 - 17:50
Nairobi — Burundi's constitutional court has agreed that president-elect Evariste Ndayishimiye should be sworn in immediately after the death of former leader Pierre Nkurunziza, the government said on Friday.
The constitution provides for the speaker of parliament to take over in such a situation. The court ruled, however, that “the interim period is not necessary and that ... Ndayishimiye must be sworn in as soon as possible”, the government said in a statement posted on Twitter...
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