the African President of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, who denied the necessity of the measures against the coronavirus, has died. This is stated in the official statement of the authorities on Twitter.
it is Noted that this occurred as a result of cardiac arrest June 8, Monday. Then the local media wrote that Nkurunziza along with his wife was in the hospital with a diagnosis of COVID-19: according to sources, he was exposed to the coronavirus.
may 20, in Burundi presidential elections are over, for months in the country were in the election campaign, where crowds of people. Journalists believe that due that the population would be massively Contracting life-threatening infection. The government has not conducted campaigns of agitation about the dangers of coronavirus: Nkurunziza and his colleagues took no measures to combat the pandemic.
In may 2018 on the referendum adopted amendments to the Constitution of Burundi. These included the extension of the presidential term from 5 to 7 years (with a limit of two consecutive terms), the return of the post Prime Minister and decrease in Vice-premiers.
Despite the amendments could Nkurunziza to run for a third consecutive time in 2015. He did not nominate his candidacy in the elections of 2020, however, the victory was won by the Pro-government candidate, Evariste Ndayishimiye. In sum, the deceased held the post for 15 years, his term was to expire in August 2020.
