Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in the Burundi Government on the planned referendum on extending constitutional term limits for the Presidency of that country.
Our non-resident Ambassador and officials regularly visit for consultations with the Burundi Government. In our engagements with the Government of Burundi we make clear that while sovereign nations are free to change their constitutions, Presidential term limits should not be changed for the benefit of the incumbent.