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Mr Rwasa’s opposition coalition also called for a boycott of June’s parliamentary elections, but with its name on the ballot paper it still won 21 seats.<\/p>\n
There is a faltering negotiation process, chaired by Uganda, that is aimed at solving the crisis.<\/p>\n
Mr Rwasa took up his seat in parliament to some surprise on Monday saying that as the talks were still going on it was worth participating in the political process.<\/p>\n
Fellow opposition leader Charles Nditije said Mr Rwasa’s move betrayed those who died during the protests.<\/p>\n
He was elected as one of parliament’s deputy speakers with the backing of MPs from Mr Nkuruniziza’s CNDD-FDD party.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s Prime Ndikumagenge in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura, says that it is difficult to see what Mr Rwasa’s strategy is.<\/p>\n
But the opposition leader may now have more influence on the politics of the country in his new post, he says.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Burundi’s opposition leader Agathon Rwasa has been elected as a deputy speaker of parliament, despite strident criticism of recent legislative and presidential polls. There has been a political crisis since President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he would run for a third term. Mr Rwasa withdrew from this month’s presidential election and described Mr Nkurunziza’s victory as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":139399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[14],"yoast_head":"\n