(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has hailed a 27 July 2005 decision by the National Communications Council (Commission nationale de la communication, CNC) to allow the privately-owned radio station Radio Publique Africaine (RPA) to resume broadcasting. CNC head Jean-Pierre Manda had submitted his resignation a day earlier to Burundian President Domitien Ndayizeye in order to discredit rumours […]
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has hailed a 27 July 2005 decision by the National Communications Council (Commission nationale de la communication, CNC) to allow the privately-owned radio station Radio Publique Africaine (RPA) to resume broadcasting.
CNC head Jean-Pierre Manda had submitted his resignation a day earlier to Burundian President Domitien Ndayizeye in order to discredit rumours that he had been settling a personal score when he ordered RPA’s closure.
RPA manager Alexis Sinduhije said the station would not resume broadcasting on 27 July because he needed to verify that all the equipment was there after several days of forced closure. He welcomed Manda’s resignation and said that he hoped his successor would “really help the Burundian press to progress.”
