Hands off Burundi! This is a CU compilation of several items that can assist in case there may be attempts against the sovereignty of that country during the coming holiday period. These Items include a link to an SABC interview with Izak Khomo (on YouTube); a linked article on Rwanda's alleged involvement in the destabilisation of Burundi; and a sufficient linked source on the situation in Uganda. These items are selected for their relative honesty from a very large number of other items on the Internet bearing on this topic. As Khomo points out, the referendum for a third term for Paul Kagame in Rwanda, which he says was "stage managed", and which delivered a 98% vote in favour, has not been objected to by the international mass media nor by the US State Department. This compares to the enormous campaign, sustained for over half a year, against the third term of President Nkurunziza in Burundi. The third-term issue is undoubtedly no more than a pretext that is being used by regime-changers against Burundi. Khomo's admirably comprehensive interview is here: https://youtu.be/SYlyCpre8Ks Double Standards No argument will be advanced here in favour, or against, fixed terms or term limits for Presidents. What we will note is that such arguments are being used to destabilise one country, Burundi, while in neighbouring countries, the same thing is tolerated without any such demonization campaign, or threats of armed force, as are now being used against Burundi. In Uganda, Yoweri Musuveni <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoweri_Museveni#Third_term_.282006.E2.80.9320 11.29> is currently on his fourth five-year term (which were preceded by ten years of unelected military power) and he will no doubt stand for a fifth term next year, without unduly troubling the "international community". After his next term he will have been in power for 35 years. Fidel Castro was President of Cuba from 1976 to 2008 (32 years) and previously Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 (17 years). We do not complain about that. In Rwanda, by the time Paul Kagame completes all of the terms that he is now allowed, he will have been President for 34 years. In addition he was de facto in personal control of the country between 1994 and 2000. In DRC, Joseph Kabila may stand for a third presidential term in 2016. Nkurunziza of Burundi, the peace president In the case of President Nkurunziza, a campaign was got up all around the world, and it continues in the media in South Africa. This after he stood for a "third" term. But Nkurunziza's first term was an interim presidency, appointed under the terms of a ceasefire, following a civil war in Burundi. The country's Constitutional Court agreed to the 2015 election, and that it was legally a second term. Nkurunziza's presidency has been peaceful. Thus it is not surprising that he is popular in his own country. What is happening now in Burundi looks just like the action of "moderate rebels" in the sense of this term used by the Imperialist regime-changers in Syria. Their means are brutal, cruel and murderous, but somehow the USA looks kindly upon them. These "moderates" are armed and they kill people; they have no public face or office; yet they are supported by the Western mass media. They bring anonymous terror and offer no interlocutor or terms of any sort. In that respect they resemble the "train violence" in South Africa in the early 1990s. They are terrorists, creating unilateral dumb terror, as a tactic, for their own reasons. The demand, raised in the Imperialist media, for "negotiation" in such a case is a cruel mockery. There is no-one to negotiate with. The terrorists have no mass organisation or political programme, let alone any office bearers who can command them to stop what they are doing. In these circumstances the removal of Nkurunziza by regime change can do no good for the people of Burundi. It can only serve those who benefit from chaos. Whatever may be the reasons of those who want to support the murderous mute "moderates", these reasons cannot be good enough. Hands off Burundi, and let it have peace! Resources . Izak Khomo's interview is very good, and all the better for the fact that the interviewer appears not to have expected him to say the things he says. Dated 14 December 2015, it runs for 14 minutes. See it here (reminder): https://youtu.be/SYlyCpre8Ks . Business Day, Johannesburg, article "Burundian refugees recruited in Rwanda <http://www.bdlive.co.za/africa/africannews/2015/12/15/burundian-refugees-re cruited-in-rwanda> "; alleges that Kagame is the "outside hand" propelling the terror and the regime-change agenda in Burundi. Dated 15 December 2015. . "Burundi refugees recruited as rebels in Rwanda: report <http://news.yahoo.com/burundi-refugees-recruited-rebels-rwanda-report-13032 5617.html> ", 14 December 2015, Yahoo News. . "Kagame 3rd term? Rwandans vote yes <http://sbeta.iol.co.za/news/africa/kagame-3rd-term-rwandans-vote-yes-196213 4> ", IOL, Johannesburg, 19 December 2015; a report from AFP, via the South African IOL. . "Rwandans vote 'yes' by 98% to change law and allow extra terms for Kagame <http://mgafrica.com/article/2015-12-18-interim-results-expected-friday-nigh t-after-rwanda-votes-on-charter-change-to-let-kagame-seek-third-term> ", Mail and Guardian, Johannesburg, 19 December 2015 [Click to open the linked items] Finally: Extract from an article on IOL dated 15 November 2015 <http://sbeta.iol.co.za/news/africa/burundi-on-brink-obama-turns-to-zuma-194 5371> : "[President] Zuma's former national security adviser, Welile Nhlapo, who has spent years brokering peace in Burundi on behalf of the South African government said: 'Uganda cannot be neutral as a mediator in Burundi as it has already taken a position, and is seen as Rwandan President Paul Kagame's ally. There is no political will on the part of the stakeholders in Burundi to negotiate anyway.' "Nhlapo believed that sending the East African Force into Burundi, if the situation deteriorated further, would be a mistake given that the regional countries had each taken a position on the conflict in Burundi. "Given the fact that Rwanda and Uganda had taken a position against Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza, while Tanzania and Kenya support him, meant that troops from those countries may reflect the positions of their governments." Conclusion The agitation against Nkurunziza is not pure and should not be entertained. Burundi's sovereignty should be respected. Hands Off Burundi! VC -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. 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