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Burundi opposition takes Presidential Election dispute to Court

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Agathon Rwasa of the National Freedom Council(NFC) has filed a case in the country’s constitutional court challenging that there is evidence of fraud in the Presidential’s elections that were held last week.

But the election commission said on Monday that retired General Evariste Ndayishimiye had won the presidential election with 69 per cent of the vote. It added that candidate Agathon Rwasa got 24 per cent of the vote and the election was peaceful.

Data source: Election commission of Burundi

TOA Correspondent

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