Burundi’s opposition has rejected a proposal by the electoral commission to hold presidential polls on 15th July.
The opposition claimed that its demand for free and fair elections have not been met.
Protests broke out in Burundi after President Pierre Nkurunziza announced in April that he would run for a third term.
President Pierre refused to step down despite Western donors withdrawing aid from the country.
His supporters claims that he is entitled to another term because he was first elected by parliament in 2005 – not voters. The Constitutional Court alsohas ruled in favour of the president.
The opposition also called for UN mediator Said Djinnit to resign, stating that he had failed to tackle the crisis in the country.
The polls, which were scheduled to take place on the 26th June were proposed to be delayed by at least six weeks.
The commission proposed that parliamentary elections, originally due on 5 June, be shifted to 26 June.
According to Reuters, none of the opposition parties attended the meeting on Monday where the commission unveiled the new dates.
The main opposition parties, the National Liberation Forces (FNL), has condemned the electoral commission’s proposal as unconstitutional.
The party’s secretary-general Adolphe Banyikwa said that the five member body lacked quorum since two of its members fled to Rwanda because they feared for their lives.
