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Paul Rusesabagina: another tribunal for Rwanda needed

Posted on January 12, 2013 | Leave a comment

Paul Rusesabagina and Don Cheadle

In a long interview given to Daniel Kovalik and published on the Counterpunch website, Paul Rusesabagna, the Rwandan famously portrayed in the movie Hotel Rwanda by Don Cheadle, touches on a range of varied and critically important issues. He talks about 1)  criminal charges against him from the Rwandan government, 2) Rwanda civil war and genocide from 1990 to 1994, 3) massacres of Kibeho of 8,500 Hutu internally displaced in 1995, 4) bigger number of Hutu than of Tutsi who died during the Rwandan war, 5)6 millions of Congolese dead further to wars of invasion by Rwanda and other countries including Uganda, 6) UN Mapping report published on October 1^st, 2010, 7) rebel group M23, 8) the U.S. role, and 8) forced sterilization of Hutu men in Rwanda.

The following is only an extract where he highlights the importance of revisiting the justice which was provided to Rwandans through the International Tribunal Court for Rwanda.

DK:  I read somewhere that you think there needs to be a new truth tribunal in Rwanda.  And, why is this, what was wrong with the first international criminal tribunal on Rwanda?  What were the shortcomings there? 

PR:  This is the problem.  In 1990, the RPF, consisting mostly of Tutsis living in exile, invaded Rwanda from Uganda.   So, when they invaded Rwanda, there was a civil war for 4 years.  In that civil war, that army, those rebels, we called them rebels at that time, were killing each and every person, every Hutu on their way.   People fled their homes.  They were occupying slowly.   And, by 1993, early 1994, before the genocide, we had about 1.2 million displaced people who were surrounding Kigali the capital city, having to bathe in town, going to sleep in the open air in camps, dying every day, hungry.  So, in 1994, these rebels, who had already signed a peace accord with the government, killed the President.   That is a fact which almost everyone knows.  So, when they killed him, the genocide broke out.  Now, we were in a civil war where civilians were being killed by both sides.  The civil war never stopped.  The genocide happened within a civil war.   Both sides killed, and now, afterwards, in July 1994, when the period of the genocide ended, after 3 months, 90 days, the Tutsi rebels took power.   They took power in blood from both sides.  And, the international community gathered the United Nations, and they decided to put up a tribunal for Rwanda.   That tribunal was supposed to try and convict Rwandans who killed Rwandans for a period of time from January 1 through December 31 of that year [1994].   From January 1 through December 31 of that year, I saw myself with my own eyes, this [RPF] army tying people with their hands behind their backs and beating their chests, breaking it, throwing them into containers, burning their bodies, and spraying their ashes into the national game preserve.  I am a witness to this.  But, because the Hutus lost the war, they are the only ones being tried and convicted.   So, the international tribunal, the international criminal court for Rwanda, is a court for the losers.  But, both have been killing civilians.  They say that the Hutus committed the genocide, but the Tutsis also committed war crimes, crimes against humanity.

To read the full interview, please click here.

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Paul Rusesabagina: another tribunal for Rwanda needed

Posted on January 12, 2013 | Leave a comment

Paul Rusesabagina and Don Cheadle

In a long interview given to Daniel Kovalik and published on the Counterpunch website, Paul Rusesabagna, the Rwandan famously portrayed in the movie Hotel Rwanda by Don Cheadle, touches on a range of varied and critically important issues. He talks about 1)  criminal charges against him from the Rwandan government, 2) Rwanda civil war and genocide from 1990 to 1994, 3) massacres of Kibeho of 8,500 Hutu internally displaced in 1995, 4) bigger number of Hutu than of Tutsi who died during the Rwandan war, 5)6 millions of Congolese dead further to wars of invasion by Rwanda and other countries including Uganda, 6) UN Mapping report published on October 1^st, 2010, 7) rebel group M23, 8) the U.S. role, and 8) forced sterilization of Hutu men in Rwanda.

The following is only an extract where he highlights the importance of revisiting the justice which was provided to Rwandans through the International Tribunal Court for Rwanda.

DK:  I read somewhere that you think there needs to be a new truth tribunal in Rwanda.  And, why is this, what was wrong with the first international criminal tribunal on Rwanda?  What were the shortcomings there? 

PR:  This is the problem.  In 1990, the RPF, consisting mostly of Tutsis living in exile, invaded Rwanda from Uganda.   So, when they invaded Rwanda, there was a civil war for 4 years.  In that civil war, that army, those rebels, we called them rebels at that time, were killing each and every person, every Hutu on their way.   People fled their homes.  They were occupying slowly.   And, by 1993, early 1994, before the genocide, we had about 1.2 million displaced people who were surrounding Kigali the capital city, having to bathe in town, going to sleep in the open air in camps, dying every day, hungry.  So, in 1994, these rebels, who had already signed a peace accord with the government, killed the President.   That is a fact which almost everyone knows.  So, when they killed him, the genocide broke out.  Now, we were in a civil war where civilians were being killed by both sides.  The civil war never stopped.  The genocide happened within a civil war.   Both sides killed, and now, afterwards, in July 1994, when the period of the genocide ended, after 3 months, 90 days, the Tutsi rebels took power.   They took power in blood from both sides.  And, the international community gathered the United Nations, and they decided to put up a tribunal for Rwanda.   That tribunal was supposed to try and convict Rwandans who killed Rwandans for a period of time from January 1 through December 31 of that year [1994].   From January 1 through December 31 of that year, I saw myself with my own eyes, this [RPF] army tying people with their hands behind their backs and beating their chests, breaking it, throwing them into containers, burning their bodies, and spraying their ashes into the national game preserve.  I am a witness to this.  But, because the Hutus lost the war, they are the only ones being tried and convicted.   So, the international tribunal, the international criminal court for Rwanda, is a court for the losers.  But, both have been killing civilians.  They say that the Hutus committed the genocide, but the Tutsis also committed war crimes, crimes against humanity.

To read the full interview, please click here.

Noneho Kagame ati umuzigo w’abanyarwanda uzahora wikorewe n’abandi kugeza ryari? Ubundi ati sibomana. Ibi biragaragaza imvugo y’umuntu wihebye kuko guhagarika imfashanyo akensi bijyana n’ibindi bikomeye kubirusha

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Noneho Kagame ati umuzigo w'abanyarwanda uzahora wikorewe n'abandi kugeza ryari? Ubundi ati sibomana. Ibi biragaragaza imvugo y'umuntu wihebye kuko guhagarika imfashanyo akensi bijyana n'ibindi bikomeye kubirusha

Posted on janvier 14th, 2013 par rwanda-in-liberation

Nk'uko byumvikaniye mu muhango ngarukamwaka wo gusengera u Rwanda n'abanyarwanda, perezida Kagame yafashe ijambo avuga ibintu byinshi birimo n'ibyo yibukije n'ubundi ngo yigeze kuvuga haba mu mahuriro nk'iri ry'amasengesho cg se ahandi.

Mbibagejejeho nk'uko yabyivugiye, aho yikije nahubahirije, amagambo amwe ntumvise neza nayihoreye cyane cyane ay'icyongeleza, uretse ko muri rusange uyu munsi perezida yavuze mu kinyarwanda, icyongeleza cyabaye gike.

N'uko rero perezida ati:
« Muribuka umunsi umwe hano, nigeze kubabwira ikindi kintu « sibomana » murakibuka? Ndashaka kugisubiramo mu bundi buryo, kuko nkunda guhura n'igituma nabisubiramo. Aliko kubisubiramo si ukubivuga gusa, ni ukugira ngo murusheho kubyumva, n'ibikorwa birusheho gushingira kuri iyo mpamvu umuntu yabivuga atyo. Ndahera ku rugero abantu bareba iby'umwaka ushize. Nashimye ko profesa yongeye akabisubiramo.

Abo dukorana tubana, ukuntu bagabanyije cg bavuze ngo bahagaritse inkunga bateraga u Rwanda, ku ruhande rumwe bifite ingaruka umuntu yanavuga ko bibabaje kuko icyo utihamagariye kandi utagishakaga iyo kikubayeho utakwishima.
Ejobundi nari mu Kenya, dusohotse mu nama umunyamakuru anshyira mikro imbere ati uravuga iki ko abongeleza bahagaritse imfashanyo ? Nari ntarabimenya, ndamubwira nti. Arambaza ati ibyo mu karere ? Nti genda wegere chairman M7 dore ng'uriye umubaze.
Ati imfashanyo ? nti bayihagaritse kuko ari iyabo. Urashaka ko nkubwira se? Ko nishimye?

Reka ngaruke ku cyo nashakaga kuvuga, ku rundi ruhande, ni bibi aliko byihishemo ibyiza (amashyi) byishishemo ibyiza kuko biradufasha bamwe muri twe, gukanguka, tukamenya isi tubamo n'ubwo tuyirengagiza kandi tuyibwirwa buri munsi. Ni ukwitetesha, umuntu akvuga iki bakamuha, ndetse abandi bagahora bakwikorereye umuzigo.

Abanyarwanda nka citizens b'iki gihugu, umuzigo w'igihugu cyacu uzahora wikorewe n'abandi kugeza ryari ? Iyo babahaye na bo bagira ibyo batwara, ntibabaha ngo banabatware ibyo ibyo babaha gusa, babatwara n'agaciro kanyu mugasigara muri ubusa, ugasigara uri ikintu kimeze nk'iki box kirimo ubusa. Icyo kintu cy'agaciro, rero, icyo byari bivuze ni iki ?

Ni ukuvuga ngo iyo ya mfashanyo ibuze, you should doubling your efforts. Ni byo Nyerere yigeze kuvuga kera, twebwe Abanyafrika, bavuga abandi bayobozi b'ibitangaza, ariko we ntavugwa kandi yari umugabo kweli. Aravuga ati twebwe abanyafrika, ibihe turimo, aho abandi bagenda buhoro kuko bafite ibyo bagezeho, twe abanyafrika tugomba kwiruka. Natwe ni uko, ubwo bahagaritse imfashanyo, tugomba kwiruka, ku muvuduko wo hejuru, ukubye inshuro eshatu enye, bya bindi by'ubusa byabuze byahagaze.

Keretse rero, na bo niba turi abantu bihebye, igihe ntawatugobotse ngo agire icyo atumarira, tukaba twiteguye ngo reka twipfire, ukicara mu nguni, ugategereza igihe uri burabire. Abo bantu sinabumva.
Twaba turi banyarwanda ki ? Bantu ki bagwa ku nzira bagategereza uza kubakuraho? twaba turi bantu ki ? ni ukuvuga rero, ko hari ibintu 2 by'ingenzi nshaka kuvuga, ibyo tugomba kwanga, tukabyita kirazira, mw'izina ryacu nk'abanyarwanda, nk'abanyafrika, tukabyanga tuti ibi ntibyatubaho. Niho Singapour yahereye, yanze gupfa ngo abantu bagwe ku muhanda.

Niho bihera, za principes zose zo batubwira nta n'imwe ishobora gukora idahereye ku bantu bavuga ngo turabyanze, ibisigaye ni ibikorwa, kuvuga gusa ngo urabyanze ntibihagije. Abanyafrika natwe turimo, ngo abantu badusuzuguye, ngo yantutse, ngo yavuze ko tumeze dutya, aliko the best response is to prouve ko udasuzuguritse (amashyi), ntabwo narakazwa n'uko bavuze ngo meze ntya. Abri corrupts, prouve that you are not. In fact, ugaragare k'ukwita ko ufite icyo cyaha, umugaragarire ko utagifite. Aho ibintu bipfira, ngo batuvuze, ngo bavuze our sovereignty, niba ari uko umeze, bareke kukuvuga?

Uko tubana, nta gihugu kibaho cyonyine, n'aba banyamerika bakenera abandi, ni bo bakomeye kw'isi aliko bakenera abandi. Ntabwo nk'abanyarwanda n'abanyafrika ntitukarakazwe n'uko batuvuga. Niba bakuvuga ibitari byo urakazwa n'iki ? n'uvuga ko ndi umukene, kandi umufuka wanjye wuzuye amafaranga, nzaba ndakazwa n'iki ? ushobora no kurakara ugakoresha imali yawe nab ngo werekane ko udakennye.

Icyo navugaga rero cya « sibomana », hari abantu babiri bo mu bihugu byo hanze bikize, tuganira ibintu byinshi, ndababaza nti icyo mudushakaho ni iki? Niba ari amafaranga yanyu mwaracukumbuye, mwarabikurikiranye musanga ari byo, nta n'ahandi mufite urugero nk'u Rwanda, icyo mushaka ni iki?
Mujya kutubaza Kongo, kandi namwe muhora muyisahura, ibyo muvuga tutakoze muri Kongo kuki mutabikora, muradushakaho iki?
Mbagira mu mateka ya Kongo ayo nzi, mbereka uko ikibazo cyatangiye, nkababaza aho babona u Rwanda.
Nti mwashyizeho Monusco mwishyurira miliyari n'igice z'ama US buri mwaka, imaze kuba imyaka cumi n'ingahe?

Muri bantu ki kwanza, umuntu atanga amafaranga nta kintu kivamo? If you care them, what is the results. Did you succed? Did you failed?
Abanyekongo kunanirwa kubaka igihugu cy'u Rwanda na mwe ubwanyu kunanirwa kubafasha. Nti nimumbwire aho bihuriye no guhana abaturage b'u Rwanda? Kuki atari jye mubaza, kandi mwarangiza mukiyerekana nk'abantu bakunda abandi. Basa n'abavuga bati u Rwanda ruri aho rwigize igitangaza, ubwo nkibivuga ntyo, barambwira ngo erega, ubwo nasobanuyeee, ngo erega ibyo uvuga ni byo turabyumva. Ngo aliko, ngo erega abanyarwanda, ni nko kuvuga ngo erega ntimwumva, turababwira ntimwumva. Tubabwira ko mumera nk'uko tubashaka ntimwumva. Baratinyuka barabimbwira, nko kuvuga ngo muri ba banyafrika umuntu avuga mugasubiza (amashyi).
Ibyo najyaga mbyumva kera, ngo ibyo twazize mu gihe cy'ubukoloni, ngo abanyarwanda bagira agasuzuguro, ngo uravuga bagasubiza ngo kuki? Ngo umuntu araza akavuga na mwe mukavuga. Biva kuri kongo, bigera ko umuntuuavuga mugasubiza. Ahan.
Ndababwira nti ni byo noneho ndabyumvise, najyaga mbyumva simbyemere kuko sinumvaga aho bishingiye, ndababwira nti rero, na bya bindi bavugaga, "what to live for and what do die for". Ndababwira nti aho kwicwa no kukwemera nzicwa no kutakwemera (amashi menshi). After all, harimo gupfa nabi mu kubemera, kurusha mu kutabemera, ababemeye bose ngo babakurikire babakurikire nk'imana, urwo bapfuye murarubona.

Ndababwira nti reka noneho mbabwize ukuri murusheho kumererwa nabi. Ndababwira nti wowe madamu, muri bande, mu buhugu bwanyu uretse ko ubuhugu bwanyu mwabwubatse. Muzi imibu? Hari igihe irya abantu ukabona yuzuye amaraso, mwaraje mwiba Afrika, none.

Nti aliko mwebwe muba mana yihe? Ko uri umuntu nkanjye, mwebwe muza kubwira abantu, kumbwira ngo nkuyoboke, jyewe nzi imana gusa (amashyi menshi). Abandi bose, aba tubana hano kw'isi, east, west… I know my God (mashyi na halleluya). So nobody we can have a conversation, argue, have a debate… do anything, we can even fight, but you cannot dictate what is good for me, you cannot dictate to my people.

Iyo abantu bitwa ko baduha imfashanyo bagaraguza Afrika agati, kandi ugasanga ugasanga abayobozi bita abandi bayobozi ba papa. Papa ?. Hen, hee, ba papaaaa, nimudutabare. Ubwo kandi baratabaza abo ba papa babo kuza kubakiza abantu babo bagombye kuba bategeka. Just think about it. Think about the meaning about it. Ugasanga anyone batugiyemo, ukabona abantu bataye umutwe barazengerezwa, bakabigisha kwangana, bakakwigisha no kwiyanga. Ukitesha agaciro, ukibona ko ntacyo ushoboye, ukabona ko uwo ari we uzakubeshaho, bakakwigisha kwanga abayobozi bawe.
Mwagiye muhindukira mukababaza muti uri uwa he? Iwanyu bigenda bite? Ngo mu Rwanda nta freedom. Baba bakwemereye kutayigira, iyo uhagaze hejuru y'umunyarwanda umubuza gukora icyo ashaka. Ntibafite freedom kubera ko ari uko bababwira. Uri nde uhitiramo umunyarwanda uko akwiye kuba? Iwanyu uguhitiramo ni nde?

Isomo navanyemo, niba hari abatarajyaga babyemera nkanjye, hanze haba, abantu bakora batyo, ubu rwose noneho, wahura n'ikintu kabiri gatatu utabyemera ntube ufite ikibazo? Ubu tuzi ikibazo duhanganye nacyo. Iyo uzi ikibazo kirakemuka.

N'uyu munsi, kuba tutabona imfashanyo, we still much better… rwose, niba bibaye bityo uko twamera, kuraruta uko tutigeze tubaho mu buzima bw'u Rwanda.
Rero, ibi ndabivugira ntya, ndabisubiramo, kugira ngo iyi national prayer breakfast, ikwiriye kumvikana, kandi bihera mu bayobozi, ubwabo batumvise iki kibazo, u Rwanda ruzaba rufite ibibazo nyine, abayobozi, ni ngombwa kugira ngo abe ari bo biheraho. Ni bo ba mbere.

Rero rwose, bagenzi banjye, muzange kunyurwa n'ubusa (amashyi), unyurwa n'ubusa, aba ubusa, ahinduka ubusa, iyo wemeye kunyurwa n'ubusa, buriya rwose kaba kabaye. Wemera kunyurwa n'ubusa ukaba ubusa.
Bityo rero, iwacu hano, Singapo aho yavuye n'aho yagiye ntabwo ari ukurota, natwe twava aho turi, byose ni abantu, hari ya disiplini, muri sosayati ni ngombwa, niyo ituma abantu bakorana, bakora ibishoboka byose bakagera ku cyo bifuza; kandi kugira icyo uberaho, igihe cyawe kigashira ukagenda, ni ko abantu babaho?

Rero, ntimuzemere ko hari abantu bababera imana, nta bantu b'imana ku bandi, ntibibaho, kirazira. Abantu barabana, barahahirana, baruzuzanya, aliko bya bindi bavuze, ni bya sacrifice, ntibibe amagambo gusa, tubishyire mu bikorwa, buri muntu ku rwego rwe, agatanga ibyo ashoboye mu kuzuza inshingano ye, dufite n'ukuntu twakuzuzanya. Muri bwa butungane bw'ibintu.
Ndabashimiye cyane, nimuntumira iteka nishimiye kuza (amashyi), kuza kubana na mwe, kandi ubundi muranantumira mu nshingano zanjye, ntabwo nabinyura iruhande, nzajya mbikoresha nk'amahirwe, kubabwira ntibyananira, aliko nananirwa no kubahindura.

Murakoze cyane rero!"

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Rwanda: Imiryango y’abihayimana irasaba Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika hamwe n’ubucamanza Mpuzamahanga gufatanya mu guta muri yombi Brig Gen Innocent Kabandana hamwe na bagenzibe kubera uburyo bishe urw’a gashyinyaguro Abihayimana

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Imiryango y'abihayimana irasaba Leta Zunze Ubumwe z'Amerika hamwe n'ubucamanza Mpuzamahanga  gufatanya mu guta muri yombi Brig Gen Innocent Kabandana hamwe na bagenzibe kubera uburyo bishe  urw'a gashyinyaguro Abihayimana mu Rwanda. 

Imiryango y'abihaye Imana irasaba ko Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika zita muri yombi Brig Gen Innocent Kabandana agashyikirizwa Ubutabera.

Nkukwo bamwe mubagize imiryango y'abihayimana bishwe urwagashinyaguro n'ingabo zahoze ari iza APR bicirwa ahantu hatari n'imirwano babigejeje k'Umuvugizi.com  barasaba Leta Zunze Ubumwe z'Amerika zifatanyije n'Ubutabera Mpuzamahanga gufata vuba na bwangu umwicanyi ruharwa ariwe Gen Innocent Kabandana urwanda rwohereje muri Amerika kugira ngo ahagarire igisirikare cyarwo nka Military attaché  mu gihe afite amaraso ku biganza kubera uruhare yagize mu kwica abihayimana kimwe na bagenzibe  bari bashinzwe kuyobora ingabo muri kariya karere ka  Kabgayi jenocide y'abatutsi ikirangira muri 1994. 

Izo ngabo zahoze ari iza APR zamfashe akarere ka Kabgayi ku itariki ya 2 z'ukwa Gatandatu 1994 zihasanga abasenyeri bagera kuri batatu harimo uwa Kabgayi , Byumba na Kigali hamwe n'abihayimana kimwe n'abaturage bari bashoboye kurokokana ariko ikibabaje n'uko abo basirikare ba RDF bigize abamarayika bikimura abo basenyeri mu birindiro byabo bakabaganisha mu ruhango bavugako ariho bagiye kubarindira umutekano ariko siko byaje kugenda dore ko iminsi mike nyuma yaho nanone baje kubimurira i Gakurazo ku mabwiriza ya Lt Gen Fred Ibingira hamwe Gen Major Paul Kagame wari icyo gihe Umugaba Mukuru w'Ingabo w'Ikirenga arinabwo baje kubica urwagashinyaguro. 

Mu gihe bicaga abo bihayimana , Lt Gen Ibingira Fred yaje guhamagara Perezida Kagame icyo gihe wari Umugaba Mukuru w'Ingabo w'Ikirenga amubwirako harimo n'umwana , perezida Kagame igitangaje nukwo yagaragaje ubutindi bukabije ubwo yabwiraga Gen Ibingira ko bica buri muntu wari muri icyo cyumba cy'inama aho biciye abo basenyeri .

Ubwo bwicanyi ndegakamere bukaba bwarashyizwe mubikorwa na Brig Gen Innocent Kabandana hamwe na Brig Gen Wilson Gumisiriza bamaze gukora icyo gikorwa bagahamagara abaturage bari biganjemo abakristu babo basenyeri babashinyagurira uburyo bishe abasenyeri babo . 

Nubwo Ubucamanza bwa gisirikare cya RDF bwaje gukora ikinamico ngo buracira imanza abakoze ubwo bwicanyi ariko mu byukuri byari ukwikiza Ubutabera Mpuzamahanga "Pre emptying International Jurisdiction"dore ko urubanza rutari mu mucyo kandi nabayobozi ba gisirikare bapanze bakanashyira mu bikorwa ubwo bwicanyi na Brig Gen Innocent Kabandana abarimo ntibigeze bashyikirizwa urukiko icyo gihe  kugira ngo basubize impamvu bicishije ubugome ndegakamere abihayimana basanze i Kabgayi mu gihe bari banashoboye kurokoka interahamwe ariko abo basirikare bahoze ari aba FPR Inkotanyi ntibagira isoni zo kwica izo  nzirakarengane z'abihayimana . 

Nkuko amahanga arangajwe imbere n'ibihugu by'Uburayi hamwe na Leta Zunze Ubumwe z' Amerika yafashe iyambere gufata no kubaranisha abakoze jenoside y'abatutsi muri 1994, ninako agomba guha akato abasirikare ba RDF bazwiho kugira amaraso mu biganza nka Brig Gen Innocent Kabanda bityo bakanafatwa vuba na bwangu kugira ngo bashyikirizwe ubutabera mpuzamahanga kubera  ubwicanyi ndegakamere bagiye bakorera abasiviri doreko abanyamategeko bavuga mu magambo y'icyongereza ko "Justice delayed is Justice denied".
 
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La RDC s’étonne que le Rwanda soit contre l’utilisation de drones

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La RDC s'étonne que le Rwanda soit contre l'utilisation de drones

Friday, 11 January 2013 19:53 by RNA Reporter

Kigali: Le gouverneur du Nord-Kivu, Julien Paluku, s'étonne que le Rwanda soit opposé à la proposition d'utiliser des drones de surveillance dans l'Est de la RDC. 

Pour lui, il s'agit d'une preuve de plus, si besoin il en était, de la complicité du Rwanda dans le climat d'insécurité qui prévaut dans l'Est de la RDC depuis deux décennies.

«Si un Etat voisin commence à gesticuler et dire qu'il n'est pas d'accord, cela frise effectivement une certaine complicité dans ce qui se passe», a affirmé Julien Paluku dans un point de presse tenu à Goma.

«Donc je considère que si nous œuvrons pour la paix, nous devrions laisser ces drones des Nations unies faire leur travail et cela permettrait à pouvoir dédouaner l'un ou l'autre qui serait soupçonné dans l'une ou l'autre activité», a-t-il poursuivi. 

Pour Julien Paluku,  l'usage de ces drones est bénéfique pour la stabilité de la RDC et du Rwanda.

«Je crois que la RDC comme le Rwanda ont besoin de la stabilité pour amorcer le développement. Les drones vont venir surveiller les frontières pour se rassurer que rien ne se passe», explique Julien Paluku.

Cette proposition a été présentée au conseil de sécurité par Hervé Ladsous, sous secrétaire général de l'Onu chargé des opérations de maintien de la paix. Le Rwanda s'y est opposé.   

Membre non permanent du conseil de sécurité de l'ONU, le Rwanda a estimé qu'il était vital de faire d'abord le jour sur les implications que de tels moyens aériens auraient sur la souveraineté territoriale des Etats de la région.

Ce projet vise à améliorer la prestation de la Monusco, dont la réputation a été sévèrement entamée par la prise de la ville de Goma par les rebelles du M23 en novembre dernier, sous les regards impuissants de ses Casques bleus.

Après dix jours d'occupation, le M23 s'est retiré de Goma à la demande de la sous-région en échange des pourparlers avec Kinshasa qui ont lieu à Kampala.

En dépit de ses dénégations, le Rwanda est soupçonné par les experts de l'ONU, la RDC et les ONG de parrainer cette nouvelle rébellion congolaise. (Fin)

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