81. Given
our findings
prayers
Issue
in paragraphs
No.
3 above,
(a), (d) and
we
are
(e) above
unable
to grant the
are not tenable
as the
Applicants were only able to establish one (1) aspect of breach of the
Treaty
in the
establish
entire
breach
impugned
of the
Act.
Whereas
principle of good
the
Applicants
governance
Article 5 of the said Act and thus succeeded
did
in aspects
in paragraph
of
(b) above,
they fell short on proof of the Prayers sought in paragraph (c).
82. With
regard to the issue of costs,
explicitly provide
good
reason,
Rule
111(1) of the Court’s Rules
for costs to follow the event
decides
otherwise.
Reference has succeeded
In the
unless
instant
the court,
case,
for
where
the
in part, we deem it just to order each Party
to bear its own costs.
83. In
the
final
result,
therefore,
we
hereby
make
the
following
Declarations and Orders:
a. The Declarations and Orders sought in Prayers (a), (c), (d) and
(e) of the Reference are not tenable and are hereby disallowed.
b. A Declaration is issued that Act No. 1/26 does infringe Articles
6(d)
and
7(2)
of the Treaty
in so far as aspects
thereof offend the principle of separation
the
principle
of
good
governance
of Article
of powers
enshrined
5
inherent in
in
the
said
provisions of the Treaty.
c. The Republic of Burundi shall, in accordance with Article 38(3)
of the Treaty, cause the amendment of Article 5 of Act No. 1/26
within its internal legal mechanisms.
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