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Parliamentary elections were held in Burundi on 29 June 2015. The vote had been initially set for 5 June 2015, alongside local elections, but it was delayed due to unrest.〔Clement Manirabarusha, ("Burundi says has delayed elections amid prolonged protests" ), Reuters, 3 June 2015.〕 Indirect elections to the Senate occurred on 24 July. ==Background== (詳細はprevious legislative election in 2010, the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy won a large majority. The election was boycotted by most opposition parties following claims of fraud in the local elections held on 24 May. This left the opposition Union for National Progress and Front for Democracy in Burundi–Nyakuri (which were supportive of the ruling party) the only other parties to win seats. The announcement by the ruling party that the incumbent President of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, would run for a third term in the presidential election, which was planned to be held on 26 June, sparked protest by those who were opposed to Nkurunziza seeking a third term in office.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Burundi: Crackdown on Protesters - Human Rights Watch )〕 Critics of the president say his actions jeopardise a peace deal that has kept ethnic tensions in check since the Burundian Civil War ended in 2005〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=U.S. tells Burundi's president his country risks boiling over )〕 and that Nkurunziza is not constitutionally permitted to seek a third term in office; his supporters argue that his first five-year term should not count because he was elected by a parliamentary vote rather than a popular vote.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Burundi protest organizers call halt to demonstrations for two days: civil society leader )〕 Widespread demonstrations in the capital, Bujumbura, lasted for over three weeks. During that time the country's highest court approved Nkurunziza's right to run for a third term in office〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Urgent – La cour constitutionnelle se prononce pour une nouvelle candidature de Pierre Nkurunziza )〕 despite the fact that at least one of court's judges fled the country claiming he had received death threats from members of the government.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Senior Burundi judge flees rather than approve president's candidacy )〕 As a result of the protests the government also shut down the country's internet and telephone network, closed all of the country's universities and government officials publicly referred to the protesters as "terrorists".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Burundi calls opposition protesters 'terrorists' )〕 Since late April tens of thousands of people have fled the country, hundreds of people have been arrested and several protesters and police have been killed while dozens more have been injured. On 13 May, a coup was announced, led by Maj. Gen. Godefroid Niyombare, while President Nkurunziza was in Tanzania attending an emergency conference about the situation in the country.〔("Army general in Burundi says president is ousted" ), Associated Press, 13 May 2015.〕 By the next day the coup collapsed and government forces reasserted control. The elections were originally planned to be held 26 May, but as a result of the unrest, the election was postponed to 5 June. The East African Community together with South African President Jacob Zuma called on the government to delay the elections. The opposition has also called for a delay, and stated they would boycott the elections on 5 June. The European Union and the Catholic Church of Burundi pulled out of observing the elections, stating that the vote could not be held fairly because of unrest and a crackdown of the media.〔 The head of the electoral commission, Pierre-Claver Ndayicariye, announced on 3 June that the parliamentary and local elections would not take place as planned on 5 June and were being delayed to an unspecified date.〔 On 8 June 2015, the electoral commission proposed that the parliamentary election take place on 26 June.〔Clement Manirabarusha, ("Burundi's electoral commission proposes dates for delayed vote" ), Reuters, 8 June 2015.〕 The date was later set as 29 June 2015.〔("Burundi goes to the polls despite protests" ), AFP, 26 June 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burundian legislative election, 2015」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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