Burya Perezida Evariste Ndayishimiye ntiyiyumvagamo politiki kuva kera. Mu magambo ye bwite, yagize ati: “Njye ndakubwiza ukuri, iyo batanzana muri ibi bintu bya politiki byo kuba umukuru w’igihugu, njyewe ubu muba mumbona ndi mu mirima, kandi mba ndi boss. Kuko ndeba igihombo mpomba, mara ijoro ryose ntekereza ku bibazo by’abanyagihugu, nibaza uko nabikemura.” Aya magambo agaragaza neza ko kuba yarabaye Perezida atari ibintu yari yarapanze cyangwa yarasabye ubwe, ahubwo byaje bisa n’ibimutunguye.
Evariste Ndayishimiye, wavukiye mu Burundi mu 1968, yinjiye mu bikorwa by’imitwe yitwara gisirikare mu gihe cy’intambara y’abenegihugu, aho yabaye umwe mu bayobozi b’ihuriro ryiswe National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD–FDD). Nyuma y’intambara, yinjiye mu gisirikare cya leta ndetse aza no kugira imyanya itandukanye muri politiki, abifashijwemo cyane na Perezida Pierre Nkurunziza.
Perezida Nkurunziza ubwe ni we wamuhisemo nk’umusimbura we mbere y’amatora yo mu 2020, maze Ndayishimiye atsinda amatora ku majwi menshi. Nubwo yahise yinjira mu nshingano ziremereye zo kuyobora igihugu, amagambo ye agaragaza ko umutima we wakundaga ubuzima busanzwe, bworoshye, aho yakabaye ari mu buhinzi cyangwa ayobora ibikorwa bye bwite.
Uyu munsi, nubwo atari aho yatekerezaga ko azaba ari, Ndayishimiye akunze kugaragaza umutima wo kwitangira abaturage, agashimangira ko ikimushishikaje cyane ari ukureba uko ikibazo cy’umuturage wakennye cyakemuka.
