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Burundi president registers to run for third term - spokesman

Pulse Staff
Pulse Staff 10:40 - 08 May 2015
BUJUMBURA, May 8 (Reuters) - Burundi's president registered with the national electoral commission on Friday to run for a third term, his spokesman said, a move opposed by protesters who say another five years in office would violate the constitution.
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Saturday is the deadline for prospective candidates to submit applications to the election commission, CENI.

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President Pierre Nkurunziza "just handed in the file", presidential spokesman Gervais Abayeho told Reuters in a brief text message.

(Reporting by Edmund Blair in Nairobi and Patrick Nduwimana in Bujumbura; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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