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My name is
Ntibaruta Jean Paul
I am the Representative of the Youth
Imurikirakuri
of the MSD party in Kirundo Province
I'm from the municipality of Busoni I'm a 26 years old teacher in primary school,
I was five years old when war started in Burundi in 1993 and had just started primary school.
I couldn't see much of it
as I wasn't old enough
to get involved in the war, but where we were living, many people killed eachother.
I joined the MSD party
because of their constructive ideas
Also because they are
the voice of the youth
and of the population in general
They have ideas that can bring Burundi into a better future
It happened before
and it definitely still happens today.
I don't know if you were able to follow
the discussions
that took place in this meeting
I'm from the Municipality of Busoni
a municipality that was largely affected by violence
I can even precise somewhere in ?SIGO?
a place where
machetes were used
to kill eachother.
Some people
were even taken to the hospital.
This happens.
They attack every other party.
Once they hear people who
who have ideas that
are different to theirs,
they are the first ones
to be attacked.
I have just described In our political party,
MSD
there are no rules
without exceptions
Some young people might not behave well but
where I work, where I see
the young people of the MSD party behave well towards others
Do all the young people of the MSD behave well?
At least as far as I know.
Once a member of the MSD is attacked by someone
after talking with them,
doing many things and asking them to
please not engage in violence
we will be then telling them that
since they don't want to listen to our advices
we are ready to say
stop violence
even using
the same efforts they used
if he happens to flap me, I am also ready to slap him back
Personally I can say that it's possible
because those who spread terror
those who spark panic
are especially our brothers
our young and big brothers
but it's very difficult
because of the people
that we have
who call themselves
Generals
who surname themselves by many other names
such as "????" meaning "attack those
who don't see things the way you see them"
so it's really hard to change someone who thinks
that he is a "General"
Regarding other parties it seems to be going on well
I think even the CNDD FDD party in few days
considering the ideas they received in the workshop
I think they will end up noticing that the other parties have
the right to work in the country as the law states it
I believe it's a very important activity
in our Province, whereby
we often heard about violences
but i think that
the young people who attended this workshop
will finally understand that we are all alike
and that we have to work together for our homeland
and build our country
which has gone through a lot of
ethnic divisions.