Burundi could scrap presidential term limits from its constitution after a commission set up to hear public views on governance said most citizens wanted no curbs on the number of times the head of state may seek re-election.
President's commission says people want term limits removed
The central African nation has been gripped by violence for more than a year, triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term.
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza addresses a news conference attended by the visiting United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (not seen in picture) in the capital Bujumbura February 23, 2016.
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The central African nation has been gripped by violence for more than a year, triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term.
Opponents said the decision, taken in April 2015, violated the country's constitution which currently limits presidential tenure to two five-year terms.
Justin Nzoyisaba, chairman of CNDI, a commission set up by Nkurunziza last year to canvas public opinion on the country's political system, said late on Wednesday that most Burundians wanted term limits abolished.
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The majority of the people the commission met "want the president ...to exercise more than two terms," he told a news conference.
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