Brussels, 02/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - European Commissioner for Development Louis Michel stated that he was pleased to acknowledge that the referendum held on February 28 on the new Constitution of Burundi “was generally conducted in a very satisfactory manner”, which is “all the more admirable since Burundi is recovering from a twelve-year conflict and has not conducted any elections since 1993”. The population “clearly voted for peace”, Mr. Michel was pleased to announce.
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