"There was a screening and there was a preparation of the elections, which did not allow other candidates than those who had been rubber-stamped by the government to actually contest, especially for the executive positions within the local authorities," he says. "If consensual democracy means that the political debate is actually handled before the electoral contest in such a way that it does not lead to a real competition then there is no democracy at all."
Agira ati: "Habayeho isuzuma kandi hategurwa amatora, atemerera abandi bakandida uretse abashyizweho kashe na guverinoma guhatanira koko, cyane cyane ku myanya y'ubuyobozi mu nzego z'ibanze". "Niba demokarasi yumvikanyweho bivuze ko impaka za politiki zikemurwa mbere y'amarushanwa y'amatora ku buryo bitatuma habaho amarushanwa nyayo, nta demokarasi ihari."