Thank you for your question.
It seems to us more and more that defence forces and security forces are politicized. A number of generals from the old CNDD-FDD rebellion are the real leaders of the party in power. When we list those in charge and those who really have power in Burundi, after Nkurunziza, there are always a number of CNDD-FDD generals who are deciding on the fate of Burundians today.
It is also wrong that only Hutus are at the most senior levels of the national military and police, but there aren't any members of Burundi's former army and former police. That is a serious violation of the Arusha agreement, concluded in 2000.
Moreover, the party in power today is led by a CNDD-FDD general, and we feel that CNDD-FDD military members and generals continue to heavily influence the Burundian population. As long as Burundi's politicians remain militarized, we will live in fear of a crisis situation, like we did during the era of military coups we thought was gone.