Burundi’s Foreign Affairs Minister Edouard Bizimana has attacked Rwanda’s candidature for the Secretary General of Francophonie organisation.
The next Secretary General of the 90- member strong organisation will be announced tomorrow morning before 10Am according to insiders in the OIF.
“A third term for Louise as secretary-general would bury the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF),” Bizimana claimed late Sunday.
Bizimana also denounced what he described an attempt to impose a candidacy on member states, arguing that it would serve particular interests rather than those of the organisation.
He threatened that with Mushikiwabo getting reelected, “Burundi will take note of this and will logically withdraw from the organization.”
Back home, Burundi maintains a frosty relations with Neighbouring Rwanda. Burundi shut up it’s doors since 2015 accusing it’s Northern neighbour of interference in it’s domestic matters.
Burundi has since signed a military cooperation agreement with Kinshasa. Congolese troops are deployed alongside with Burundi forces in a military campaign against the battle hardened FRN rebels they jointly accuse of receiving support from Kigali.
The FRN rebels currently control large parts of North and South Kivu provinces.
How Rwanda Handles Blackmail
Rwanda told the la Francophonie that it will not withdraw Louis Mushikiwabo’s candidature.
Insiders with close understanding of the matter behind closed doors in Phnom Penh claimed that French leader Emmanuel Macron urged Rwanda to withdraw Mushikiwabo’s candidacy,
“Attempts by Kinshasa and Paris to blackmail Rwanda ultimately undermine a fair election to block Louise Mushikiwabo’s re-election,” a social commentator noted.
Political pundits argue that the DRC-Rwanda contest in Cambodia may attract attention to the 2025 precedent.
Rwanda effectively pulled out of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) after DRC-led opposition blocked its expected rotating presidency.
“Kigali may again choose institutional exit over political subordination,” a social commentator said.
What if Mushikiwabo Wins
An African Intelligence source claims the President Felix Tshisekedi of DRC has instructed the information Minister Patrick Muyaya to prepare a letter announcing the DRC’s withdrawal from the organisation should Mushikiwabo be declared winner.
The letter is said to have been presented to several African ministers present in Phnom Penh to make it clear to them that the DRC’s threat of withdrawal is not merely a statement of intent.
