Burundi MPs agree on electoral codeLawmakers in Burundi Burundi (bər  n`dē), officially Republic of Burundi, republic (2005 est. pop. 6,371,000), 10,747 sq mi (27,834 sq km), E central Africa. paved pave tr.v. paved, pav·ing, paves 1. To cover with a pavement. 2. To cover uniformly, as if with pavement. 3. To be or compose the pavement of. the way for nationwide polls next year by passing a new electoral code on Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant after weeks of bickering bick·er intr.v. bick·ered, bick·er·ing, bick·ers 1. To engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel; squabble. See Synonyms at argue. 2. . Under the new law, voters in the small central Africa country will elect county leaders, president, MPs, senators and local representatives in next year's polls, Burundi's second elections since the end of a civil war in 2005. Presidential candidates will pay a 12,000-dollar (8,400-euro) registration fee, but those who obtain more than five percent of the vote will be refunded. Despite opposition concerns, voters will use different ballot papers ballot paper Noun a paper used for voting ballot paper n → papeleta ballot paper n → bulletin m de vote for each candidate instead of one ballot sheet with several candidates on it. "We reached a satisfactory agreement for all because it is a compromise which takes everybody's interest into account," said Leonce Ngendakumana, the head of main opposition party. Lawmakers had come under pressure from the international community, which is funding 80 percent of the 43 million-dollar polls, after they failed to agree on the rules. Burundi elected its first post-war government in 2005 under a new constitution that provides for a 60-40 percentage distribution of cabinet jobs to majority Hutus and minority Tutsis respectively. 
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