2015
DOI: 10.3917/polaf.137.0169
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Esprit d’Arusha, es-tu là ? La démocratie burundaise au risque des élections de 2015

Abstract: Entre mai et août 2015 se tiendront au Burundi des élections générales, les troisièmes depuis la signature de l’accord d’Arusha pour la paix et la réconciliation en 2000. À la veille de ces scrutins, dont l’un des enjeux centraux est la pérennisation du processus démocratique amorcé il y a quinze ans, les tensions sont palpables. Si celles-ci se cristallisent aujourd’hui surtout autour de la légalité d’une troisième candidature du président Nkurunziza, elles s’inscrivent néanmoins dans un contexte préélectoral… Show more

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“…Therefore, scholars and peacemakers should learn lessons from this peacebuilding failure in Burundi in order to imagine about robust mechanisms to sustain peace in cases of negotiated settlements to end civil wars. The persistent political violence, the progressive consolidation of centralised and militarised regime, the instrumentalization of the ruling party's youth league and state institutions and corruption scandals (Hirschy andLafont 2015, Rufyikiri 2016) indicate a continuity of certain practices from the previous dictatorial regimes that the CNDD-FDD had fought during the war. The development of a pro-government militia from the CNDD-FDD's Imbonerakure youth league which was comparable to the UPRONA's JRR youth League in their policing and controlling role in the countryside, the CNDD-FDD behaviour as a single-party reminding the former singleparty UPRONA before the establishment of multiparty system in 1990s, the development of neopatrimonial power structure in the same way than traditional patronage systems are some indicators of replication of the pre-war order (Van Acker 2016, Vandeginste 2017) The leadership discontinuity and the political origin-based identity and exclusion politics have resulted in 'pirate'-like CNDD-FDD leaders devoid of benchmarks relative to the starting points and finishing line of the struggle.…”
Section: Facade Transformation and Failure Of Political Transition To...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, scholars and peacemakers should learn lessons from this peacebuilding failure in Burundi in order to imagine about robust mechanisms to sustain peace in cases of negotiated settlements to end civil wars. The persistent political violence, the progressive consolidation of centralised and militarised regime, the instrumentalization of the ruling party's youth league and state institutions and corruption scandals (Hirschy andLafont 2015, Rufyikiri 2016) indicate a continuity of certain practices from the previous dictatorial regimes that the CNDD-FDD had fought during the war. The development of a pro-government militia from the CNDD-FDD's Imbonerakure youth league which was comparable to the UPRONA's JRR youth League in their policing and controlling role in the countryside, the CNDD-FDD behaviour as a single-party reminding the former singleparty UPRONA before the establishment of multiparty system in 1990s, the development of neopatrimonial power structure in the same way than traditional patronage systems are some indicators of replication of the pre-war order (Van Acker 2016, Vandeginste 2017) The leadership discontinuity and the political origin-based identity and exclusion politics have resulted in 'pirate'-like CNDD-FDD leaders devoid of benchmarks relative to the starting points and finishing line of the struggle.…”
Section: Facade Transformation and Failure Of Political Transition To...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Les principales stations de radio privées ont été fermées. Elles étaient une des rares sources d'information sur les événements politiques en province (Human Rights Watch, 2015) et leur grande popularité en faisait un véritable contre-pouvoir quand les partis d'opposition n'étaient pas en mesure de jouer ce rôle (Deslaurier, 2007 ;Frère, 2009 ;Hirschy et Lafont, 2015). Cette extrême violence du régime ne doit pas étonner les observateurs de la vie politique burundaise qui décrivent depuis des années un pouvoir CNDD-FDD particulièrement martial et brutal (Thibon, 2014).…”
Section: Une Nouvelle Afrique De L'est ? Introduction Thématiqueunclassified
“…Popular versions of this argument depict the armed movement as an ‘uneducated gang of thugs’. More sophisticated versions of this argument emphasize the opportunism and brutal violence that characterized the CNDD-FDD as a rebel movement, which carried on once it became the ruling party (Hirschy and Lafont 2015: 175). The party is plagued by a ‘ réflexe du maquis ’ (reflex of the bush) developed during the armed struggle, which has continued to structure its governance tactics in the post-2005 peacetime (Rufyikiri 2017: 224).…”
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confidence: 99%