. >>> the new government of burundi, parliament has recorrected the au proposal to send 5,000 strongura. mohammad adow reports. >> at a special meeting of parliament, they say they did not want foreign forces on their soil and that the government of burundi was able to protect civilians. they also said they will appoint a commission of inquiry to look into the killings that have happened in the country, but particularly the killings that happened on the 11th of december. on that friday, that 87 people were killed in the capital bujumbura. with burundi calling its bluff, the african union now has only one option. to go back to the drawing board and invoke article 4 of its constitution, act which allows it to intervene in a member country without the consent of the government of that country. this can only be done at the assembly, the summit that's held twice a year. only be invoked, the article 4 can only be invoked by african presidents. however they have not agreed on invoking it in the past. that's where burundi might get its escape. >> mohammad adow reporting for us from burundi t