- it undermines the principle of protection of sources of information;

- it restricts drastically the topics that can be covered by journalists reports ( without any precision, it requires journalists to refrain from reporting information that could affect “national unity; public order and security; morality and good conduct; honor and human dignity; national sovereignty; the privacy of individuals; the presumption of innocence; the credit of the state and the national economy);

- it imposes extortionate fines that Burundi media are unable to afford.