There is no constitutional crisis in Burundi after the death of outgoing President Pierre Nkurunziza months before vacating office.
This is after the Constitutional court ruled that there is not need for an interim President, and instead President-Elect Evariste Ndayishimiye should be sworn in as soon as possible.
Nkurunziza died before handing over power to Ndayishimiye on August 26 having won the May 20 presidential election.
Constitutionally, Speaker of Parliament Pascal Nyabenda should have become the interim leader, but the Cabinet decided to seek directions from the court due to the time factor.
Burundi’s top judges said the interim period under the Speaker of Parliament in the constitution was designed as a time to hold fresh elections, but the President-elect’s recent victory made this unnecessary.
