In mid-November, Kamana held a meeting with political parties to hear their complaints, which they had raised in letters to him and aired through the media. He subsequently revoked the ordinance requiring parties to request authorization to hold meetings, reverting to the previous system under which parties are required to inform local authorities.[217] A representative of CNDD-Nyangoma told Human Rights Watch that harassment decreased after this change.[218] However, in January 2009, Kamana was removed from his post and replaced by Edouard Nduwimana, the former Governor of Kayanza, who has previously been cited by several political parties for taking repressive measures against them.[219] Reports of opposition party meetings being shut down illegally and of the arbitrary arrest of party activists have continued.[220]