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Rais Evariste Ndayishimiye amewafuta kazi Waziri Mkuu Alain Bunyoni na Msaidizi wake Mkuu bila ya kutoa sababu za hatua hiyo baada ya hotuba ya kuonya kuhusu njama ya "mapinduzi" dhidi ya Serikali yake hivi karibuni
Katika kikao cha dharura, Wabunge waliidhinisha Uteuzi wa Waziri wa Usalama, Gervais Ndirakobuca kuchukua nafasi ya Bunyoni kwa kura 113 kwa 0
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Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye sacked his prime minister and a top aide in a high-level purge Wednesday after warning of a "coup" plot against him.
The former army general replaced Alain Guillaume Bunyoni and civilian chief of staff General Gabriel Nizigama on a day of high drama in the troubled central African country. At a hastily called parliamentary session, lawmakers approved the appointment of security minister Gervais Ndirakobuca to replace Bunyoni in a unanimous 113-0 vote, the national broadcaster RTNB said.
Ndayishimiye, who has been in power for just over two years, gave no reasons for Bunyoni's dismissal, but last week warned of a coup plot. "Do you think an army general can be threatened by saying they will make a coup? Who is that person? Whoever it is should come and, in the name of God, I will defeat him," Ndayishimiye had warned at a meeting of government officials on Friday in the political capital Gitega.
The fate of Bunyoni, a former police chief and security minister who has long been a senior figure in the ruling CNDD-FDD party, was not immediately known. Ndayishimiye's new chief of staff -- a post sometimes described as a "super prime minister" -- is Colonel Aloys Sindayihebura, who was in charge of domestic intelligence within the National Intelligence Service.
Lawmakers had been called to attend the National Assembly session on Wednesday via urgent messages sent overnight on WhatsApp.
Source: Citizen Digital
Katika kikao cha dharura, Wabunge waliidhinisha Uteuzi wa Waziri wa Usalama, Gervais Ndirakobuca kuchukua nafasi ya Bunyoni kwa kura 113 kwa 0
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Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye sacked his prime minister and a top aide in a high-level purge Wednesday after warning of a "coup" plot against him.
The former army general replaced Alain Guillaume Bunyoni and civilian chief of staff General Gabriel Nizigama on a day of high drama in the troubled central African country. At a hastily called parliamentary session, lawmakers approved the appointment of security minister Gervais Ndirakobuca to replace Bunyoni in a unanimous 113-0 vote, the national broadcaster RTNB said.
Ndayishimiye, who has been in power for just over two years, gave no reasons for Bunyoni's dismissal, but last week warned of a coup plot. "Do you think an army general can be threatened by saying they will make a coup? Who is that person? Whoever it is should come and, in the name of God, I will defeat him," Ndayishimiye had warned at a meeting of government officials on Friday in the political capital Gitega.
The fate of Bunyoni, a former police chief and security minister who has long been a senior figure in the ruling CNDD-FDD party, was not immediately known. Ndayishimiye's new chief of staff -- a post sometimes described as a "super prime minister" -- is Colonel Aloys Sindayihebura, who was in charge of domestic intelligence within the National Intelligence Service.
Lawmakers had been called to attend the National Assembly session on Wednesday via urgent messages sent overnight on WhatsApp.
Source: Citizen Digital