To complement Mr. Nininahazwe's comments, I must say that defence and security forces are indeed politicized in Burundi. Recently, there was a three-month temporary suspension of international NGOs. That suspension was instituted by an advisory body, the National Security Council, which is made up of generals and chaired by the president of the republic, Pierre Nkurunziza. That body could not institute such a measure, but since it is made up of generals and former CNDD-FDD military members, it supplants an executive body. So we are seeing that the Burundian regime is a military regime. Military and security forces are politicized.
On November 6th, 2018. See this statement in context.