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Why Kagame will not discuss third term, at least not now


Why Kagame will not discuss third term, at least not now

The east african news
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has declined to be dragged into a debate that is gaining currency in the country on whether he should extend his rule into a third term.
kagame third term
At a press conference last week, President Kagame, whose final term expires in 2017 as per the Constitution, said it was not yet the right time to discuss the possibility of a third term in office, preferring to postpone such talk "until that time comes."
"That shouldn't be a problem at the moment. I cross the bridge when I get there," he said.
In the past, Kagame has stated openly he is not interested in another term in office. Of the current East African heads of state, Kagame has the longest time left to the end of his tenure.
The question at the press conference marked the third time in a week that the president was being asked if he would allow a constitutional amendment to allow him a third term in office.
"The idea should be put aside [to allow us to] attend to more pressing issues facing citizens at the moment. Of all challenges we have been through, I don't think this would be the hardest to overcome. I actually desist from taking part in these debates because they tend to divert people's attention from what they have been doing. Time for that will come, why don't we then hold this discussion until the right time comes?" President Kagame told journalists.
Shortly after being re-elected in 2010, President Kagame had ruled out a possibility of his seeking another term after his term expires in 2017 but at the end of 2011, he observed that he has "no problem with people making calls for constitutional change."
The remarks, made at a press conference in Kampala in December 2011, triggered reactions, with observers saying that the Rwandan leader wouldn't mind another term in office.
Kagame later said that he was not interested in a third term. He rebuked Minister of Internal Affairs Musa Fazil Halerimana who ignited the debate during the 9th National Dialogue.
Since then, the issue of the third term has been a no-go area within the Rwanda Patriotic Front hierarchy. A Member of Parliament from the RPF who spoke to The EastAfrican on condition of anonymity said the topic was "considered among the sensitive " and one that had been put to rest.
"The party does not want to divert attention from other things to the issue of constitutional amendment. There are guidelines that any discussion on such is suspended," the MP said.
Within ruling party echelons, the issue of a third term for President Kagame, who is the chair of the party, has not been tabled. It is a well-kept secret according to the insider.
Efforts to reach the party vice chairman Christopher Bazivamo, party secretary general Francois Ngaramber proved futile as our calls went unanswered.
However, in an earlier interview with The EastAfrican, Senator Tito Rutaremara, one of the key members and founders of RPF, said the party was not short of possible replacements for President Kagame were he to step down at the end of his term.
"We have been nurturing young and energetic leaders who are ready to take over from us who are retiring soon. There is no vacuum within the RPF leadership," the elderly politician said.
In an interview, MP Abbas Mukama said at the end of the day what would matter was the voice of Rwandans.
"I don't think even President Kagame can decide whether he can have a third term. If the citizens make a call to him to continuefrom where he stopped, he cannot turn down the request of the people," the vocal MP, who is also a proponent of the third term, said.
"There are two things; there is his position as a person and a proposal of the people. If they feel like he has done well in the first two terms, they can decide to increase his mandate," Mr Mukama said.
The legislator, who is a member of Ideal Democratic Party (PDI), said the people had reasons to demand a third term, mainly because President Kagame has been behind the country's turnaround and brought about peace and stability as well as economic prosperity.
"Power belongs to the people. We fronted the idea as a party. You would say it is still early but if people want to speak early, so be it. If the calls persist, parliament will have no option but to call for a referendum on the issue. It is their right," the vocal MP said.
Christine Mukabunani, the head of the breakaway opposition party PS Imberakuri, said that, despite delivering a lot during his two terms, President Kagame would leave behind an even much bigger legacy if he honoured the Constitution.
"I think he has also said it in the past. There should be no reason to change the Constitution. I think he can serve in other capacities after his mandate ends rather than allow a constitutional change," Ms Mukabunani, who is also the spokesperson of the Political Parties Forum, said.

Why Kagame will not discuss third term, at least not now


Why Kagame will not discuss third term, at least not now

The east african news
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has declined to be dragged into a debate that is gaining currency in the country on whether he should extend his rule into a third term.
kagame third term
At a press conference last week, President Kagame, whose final term expires in 2017 as per the Constitution, said it was not yet the right time to discuss the possibility of a third term in office, preferring to postpone such talk "until that time comes."
"That shouldn't be a problem at the moment. I cross the bridge when I get there," he said.
In the past, Kagame has stated openly he is not interested in another term in office. Of the current East African heads of state, Kagame has the longest time left to the end of his tenure.
The question at the press conference marked the third time in a week that the president was being asked if he would allow a constitutional amendment to allow him a third term in office.
"The idea should be put aside [to allow us to] attend to more pressing issues facing citizens at the moment. Of all challenges we have been through, I don't think this would be the hardest to overcome. I actually desist from taking part in these debates because they tend to divert people's attention from what they have been doing. Time for that will come, why don't we then hold this discussion until the right time comes?" President Kagame told journalists.
Shortly after being re-elected in 2010, President Kagame had ruled out a possibility of his seeking another term after his term expires in 2017 but at the end of 2011, he observed that he has "no problem with people making calls for constitutional change."
The remarks, made at a press conference in Kampala in December 2011, triggered reactions, with observers saying that the Rwandan leader wouldn't mind another term in office.
Kagame later said that he was not interested in a third term. He rebuked Minister of Internal Affairs Musa Fazil Halerimana who ignited the debate during the 9th National Dialogue.
Since then, the issue of the third term has been a no-go area within the Rwanda Patriotic Front hierarchy. A Member of Parliament from the RPF who spoke to The EastAfrican on condition of anonymity said the topic was "considered among the sensitive " and one that had been put to rest.
"The party does not want to divert attention from other things to the issue of constitutional amendment. There are guidelines that any discussion on such is suspended," the MP said.
Within ruling party echelons, the issue of a third term for President Kagame, who is the chair of the party, has not been tabled. It is a well-kept secret according to the insider.
Efforts to reach the party vice chairman Christopher Bazivamo, party secretary general Francois Ngaramber proved futile as our calls went unanswered.
However, in an earlier interview with The EastAfrican, Senator Tito Rutaremara, one of the key members and founders of RPF, said the party was not short of possible replacements for President Kagame were he to step down at the end of his term.
"We have been nurturing young and energetic leaders who are ready to take over from us who are retiring soon. There is no vacuum within the RPF leadership," the elderly politician said.
In an interview, MP Abbas Mukama said at the end of the day what would matter was the voice of Rwandans.
"I don't think even President Kagame can decide whether he can have a third term. If the citizens make a call to him to continuefrom where he stopped, he cannot turn down the request of the people," the vocal MP, who is also a proponent of the third term, said.
"There are two things; there is his position as a person and a proposal of the people. If they feel like he has done well in the first two terms, they can decide to increase his mandate," Mr Mukama said.
The legislator, who is a member of Ideal Democratic Party (PDI), said the people had reasons to demand a third term, mainly because President Kagame has been behind the country's turnaround and brought about peace and stability as well as economic prosperity.
"Power belongs to the people. We fronted the idea as a party. You would say it is still early but if people want to speak early, so be it. If the calls persist, parliament will have no option but to call for a referendum on the issue. It is their right," the vocal MP said.
Christine Mukabunani, the head of the breakaway opposition party PS Imberakuri, said that, despite delivering a lot during his two terms, President Kagame would leave behind an even much bigger legacy if he honoured the Constitution.
"I think he has also said it in the past. There should be no reason to change the Constitution. I think he can serve in other capacities after his mandate ends rather than allow a constitutional change," Ms Mukabunani, who is also the spokesperson of the Political Parties Forum, said.

BBC News - Matonge: Congo-Rwanda dispute hits heart of Europe


Matonge: Congo-Rwanda dispute hits heart of Europe

Mounted police in the Matonge district in Brussels, in December 2011, after the re-election of Joseph Kabila as DRC president
There was violence in Brussels following the re-election of Joseph Kabila as Congolese president in 2011

Tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are being played out among the diaspora communities - and perhaps nowhere more so than in one district of the Belgian capital.

African grocers, dozens of hairdressers, and music and video stores line the streets of Matonge in Brussels.

There is a Matonge in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa too. When Belgium was the colonial power, the Congolese who came to Brussels created a marketplace a little bit like home - although Matonge in Kinshasa is a lot livelier, and the weather is better.

There is a substantial community of people from Central Africa living in the Brussels Matonge - including around 25,000 from DR Congo, many of whom are naturalised Belgian citizens, and perhaps 10,000 Rwandans.

They come to Matonge to shop. But in recent months, they have come to argue, too, about DR Congo's war - and sometimes to fight.

Congolese here blame Rwanda for perpetuating the war in eastern DR Congo by arming and supporting rebel militias, plundering the country's mineral wealth.

Each Tuesday, supporters of the Congolese and Rwandan opposition gather outside the Rwandan embassy to call for an end to Rwanda's interference in DR Congo.

Protestors outside Rwanda embassy in Brussels

But occasionally the protests spread to the streets of Brussels, and Rwandans in Matonge have been targeted.

Rwandan Grace Nyawumuntu's brother Jules paid the price.

After a demonstration by Congolese opposition supporters outside the Rwandan embassy in Brussels, a gang of Congolese accosted him.

"They asked him: 'Are you Rwandan?'" They chased him through the metro station and beat him," she says. "He was taken to hospital. His jaw was broken."

Trying to 'make peace'

Mostly, the protests and demonstrations remain peaceful. But Ms Nyawumuntu says when things get worse in DR Congo, as during the occupation of the eastern city of Goma by M23 rebels at the end of last year, the Rwandan community in Brussels fears for its safety.

A recent UN report blamed Rwanda for arming M23. Many Congolese in Brussels go further, calling Congolese President Joseph Kabila puppet of the Rwandan government. The mood among Matonge's Congolese is angry.

Rwandan journalist Ruhumuza Mbonyumutwa was roughed up at one Brussels demonstration a few months ago. "I only go into Matonge to get my hair cut now," he told me. "I don't stay there long, it could be dangerous."

Henry Muke Dishuishe, who leads a Congolese opposition political group in Belgium called the High Council for Liberation, acknowledges some young Belgian Congolese are turning to violence.

"I'm trying to do my best to make peace," he says. "But it's hard sometimes - some Congolese they go to Rwandese shops, they want to break it, and make fights in cafes.

"They make violence so the international community takes notice, because they've written many letters, informed many people, and nobody moves. So they say the only recourse they have is violence here in Europe."

Like many Congolese here, Mr Dishuishe is convinced Europeans are abetting Rwanda's illegal mining in DR Congo, including for coltan, a mineral vital to the electronics industry.

"We have an obligation derived from this colonial past - and a particular responsibility because many of the companies operating in DRC are European companies," says Ana Gomes, a Portuguese Member of the European Parliament with the Socialist Party.

"I'm afraid - I sense the tension is escalating and could turn even nastier than it is already."

But she says many turn a blind eye. "There's like a fatigue about the DRC, in spite of the fact that it is one of the most martyrized countries where the people - and in particular the women - are suffering."

Troubled past

Modern Belgium is uncomfortable with its colonial history - and has reason to be.

Anthropologist and curator Bambi Ceuppens
Anthropologist Bambi Ceuppens says the history of the Congolese people was ignored by Belgian colonialists

The brutality of Belgian King Leopold II, who negotiated personal ownership of Congo and began to plunder its vast resources in the 19th Century, is well documented.

A campaign by journalists and early human rights activists led to the creation of Belgian Congo in the 20th Century. Maybe the brutality and forced labour was reduced, but the plundering and patronising attitude to Africans continued until Patrice Lumumba's National Congolese Movement brought independence in 1960.

Museum exhibit
Many of the stories behind Congolese masks and idols have been lost

Even then, Belgium couldn't leave Congo alone - there is evidence of Belgian involvement in Lumumba's assassination when he became the first independent prime minister.

The Royal Museum of Central Africa just outside Brussels symbolises many of the, now unacceptable, attitudes to Belgian colonialism.

In the museum's marbled portico, golden statues celebrate the "civilising mission" - childlike Africans clutching imploringly and gratefully to the legs of a heroic Belgian nurse, or soldier, or statesman.

Anthropologist and curator Bambi Ceuppens, herself half-Congolese and half-Flemish, says the way the museum ignored the history of Congolese people - merely treating them like the animals and plants as exhibits to be stared at - led to the plundering of culture too.

She says there are many masks and idols that have obvious spiritual and ritual significance. "But we have lost their stories," she says. "They were brought here just because they looked nice."

Living together

But some Belgians, mostly from the younger generation, believe their nation has unbreakable links to Africa and a responsibility to help mediate the bloody legacy that still grips DR Congo.

A street scene of Matonge district in Kinshasa, DRC
The original Matonge - in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa

At a quaint, velvet-draped and packed theatre in the Matonge district of Brussels, Belgian producer Raffi Aghekian is introducing his new movie, Kinshasa Mboka Te - Kinshasa Wicked Land - to a mostly white crowd.

It is an offbeat profile of the DR Congo capital, through the lives and sometimes excesses of Kinshasa's people.

"There's a Matonge in Brussels and some of the movie was filmed in Matonge, Kinshasa," Mr Aghekian says. He's concerned that a part of Brussels that should be celebrating Belgium's diversity and history is becoming a place of division and fear.

"I want to bring the two Matonges together," he says.

Another big anti-Rwandan demonstration is planned for 16 February. The news from DR Congo is still bad, with rebel groups, including M23, still in control of many mining areas and tens of thousands still displaced from their homes. Tension in the Brussels Matonge is rising again.

Dan Damon presents World Update on the BBC World Service. Listen back to the programme from Brussels via iPlayer. Additional reporting by Megha Mohan.

BBC News - Matonge: Congo-Rwanda dispute hits heart of Europe


Matonge: Congo-Rwanda dispute hits heart of Europe

Mounted police in the Matonge district in Brussels, in December 2011, after the re-election of Joseph Kabila as DRC president
There was violence in Brussels following the re-election of Joseph Kabila as Congolese president in 2011

Tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are being played out among the diaspora communities - and perhaps nowhere more so than in one district of the Belgian capital.

African grocers, dozens of hairdressers, and music and video stores line the streets of Matonge in Brussels.

There is a Matonge in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa too. When Belgium was the colonial power, the Congolese who came to Brussels created a marketplace a little bit like home - although Matonge in Kinshasa is a lot livelier, and the weather is better.

There is a substantial community of people from Central Africa living in the Brussels Matonge - including around 25,000 from DR Congo, many of whom are naturalised Belgian citizens, and perhaps 10,000 Rwandans.

They come to Matonge to shop. But in recent months, they have come to argue, too, about DR Congo's war - and sometimes to fight.

Congolese here blame Rwanda for perpetuating the war in eastern DR Congo by arming and supporting rebel militias, plundering the country's mineral wealth.

Each Tuesday, supporters of the Congolese and Rwandan opposition gather outside the Rwandan embassy to call for an end to Rwanda's interference in DR Congo.

Protestors outside Rwanda embassy in Brussels

But occasionally the protests spread to the streets of Brussels, and Rwandans in Matonge have been targeted.

Rwandan Grace Nyawumuntu's brother Jules paid the price.

After a demonstration by Congolese opposition supporters outside the Rwandan embassy in Brussels, a gang of Congolese accosted him.

"They asked him: 'Are you Rwandan?'" They chased him through the metro station and beat him," she says. "He was taken to hospital. His jaw was broken."

Trying to 'make peace'

Mostly, the protests and demonstrations remain peaceful. But Ms Nyawumuntu says when things get worse in DR Congo, as during the occupation of the eastern city of Goma by M23 rebels at the end of last year, the Rwandan community in Brussels fears for its safety.

A recent UN report blamed Rwanda for arming M23. Many Congolese in Brussels go further, calling Congolese President Joseph Kabila puppet of the Rwandan government. The mood among Matonge's Congolese is angry.

Rwandan journalist Ruhumuza Mbonyumutwa was roughed up at one Brussels demonstration a few months ago. "I only go into Matonge to get my hair cut now," he told me. "I don't stay there long, it could be dangerous."

Henry Muke Dishuishe, who leads a Congolese opposition political group in Belgium called the High Council for Liberation, acknowledges some young Belgian Congolese are turning to violence.

"I'm trying to do my best to make peace," he says. "But it's hard sometimes - some Congolese they go to Rwandese shops, they want to break it, and make fights in cafes.

"They make violence so the international community takes notice, because they've written many letters, informed many people, and nobody moves. So they say the only recourse they have is violence here in Europe."

Like many Congolese here, Mr Dishuishe is convinced Europeans are abetting Rwanda's illegal mining in DR Congo, including for coltan, a mineral vital to the electronics industry.

"We have an obligation derived from this colonial past - and a particular responsibility because many of the companies operating in DRC are European companies," says Ana Gomes, a Portuguese Member of the European Parliament with the Socialist Party.

"I'm afraid - I sense the tension is escalating and could turn even nastier than it is already."

But she says many turn a blind eye. "There's like a fatigue about the DRC, in spite of the fact that it is one of the most martyrized countries where the people - and in particular the women - are suffering."

Troubled past

Modern Belgium is uncomfortable with its colonial history - and has reason to be.

Anthropologist and curator Bambi Ceuppens
Anthropologist Bambi Ceuppens says the history of the Congolese people was ignored by Belgian colonialists

The brutality of Belgian King Leopold II, who negotiated personal ownership of Congo and began to plunder its vast resources in the 19th Century, is well documented.

A campaign by journalists and early human rights activists led to the creation of Belgian Congo in the 20th Century. Maybe the brutality and forced labour was reduced, but the plundering and patronising attitude to Africans continued until Patrice Lumumba's National Congolese Movement brought independence in 1960.

Museum exhibit
Many of the stories behind Congolese masks and idols have been lost

Even then, Belgium couldn't leave Congo alone - there is evidence of Belgian involvement in Lumumba's assassination when he became the first independent prime minister.

The Royal Museum of Central Africa just outside Brussels symbolises many of the, now unacceptable, attitudes to Belgian colonialism.

In the museum's marbled portico, golden statues celebrate the "civilising mission" - childlike Africans clutching imploringly and gratefully to the legs of a heroic Belgian nurse, or soldier, or statesman.

Anthropologist and curator Bambi Ceuppens, herself half-Congolese and half-Flemish, says the way the museum ignored the history of Congolese people - merely treating them like the animals and plants as exhibits to be stared at - led to the plundering of culture too.

She says there are many masks and idols that have obvious spiritual and ritual significance. "But we have lost their stories," she says. "They were brought here just because they looked nice."

Living together

But some Belgians, mostly from the younger generation, believe their nation has unbreakable links to Africa and a responsibility to help mediate the bloody legacy that still grips DR Congo.

A street scene of Matonge district in Kinshasa, DRC
The original Matonge - in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa

At a quaint, velvet-draped and packed theatre in the Matonge district of Brussels, Belgian producer Raffi Aghekian is introducing his new movie, Kinshasa Mboka Te - Kinshasa Wicked Land - to a mostly white crowd.

It is an offbeat profile of the DR Congo capital, through the lives and sometimes excesses of Kinshasa's people.

"There's a Matonge in Brussels and some of the movie was filmed in Matonge, Kinshasa," Mr Aghekian says. He's concerned that a part of Brussels that should be celebrating Belgium's diversity and history is becoming a place of division and fear.

"I want to bring the two Matonges together," he says.

Another big anti-Rwandan demonstration is planned for 16 February. The news from DR Congo is still bad, with rebel groups, including M23, still in control of many mining areas and tens of thousands still displaced from their homes. Tension in the Brussels Matonge is rising again.

Dan Damon presents World Update on the BBC World Service. Listen back to the programme from Brussels via iPlayer. Additional reporting by Megha Mohan.

Rwanda: urugendo rw'umunyamabanga mukuru ruteye ubutegetsi bwa Kigali ikibazo.

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Sent: Thu, January 31, 2013 5:43:59 AM
Subject: urugendo rw'umunyamabanga mukuru ruteye ubutegetsi bwa Kigali ikibazo.

ITANGAZO RIGENEWE ABANYAMAKURU N° 002/P.S.IMB/013

 

URUZINDUKO RW'UMUNYAMABANGA MUKURU W'ISHYAKA RUKOMEJE GUTERA IKIBAZO LETA YA KIGALI

 

Mu gihe Umunyamabanga Mukuru w'ishyaka ry'Imberakuri Madamu Immakulata UWIZEYE KANSIIME akomeje uruzinduko rw'akazi  ku mugabane w'i Burayi, ubutegetsi bwa Leta ya Kigali burakora iyo bwabaga kugirango buce intege abarwanashyaka. Ni muri urwo rwego, inzego zitandukanye za leta zihase abayobozi bo mu nzego z'ishyaka zitandukanye, zishaka kubatera ubwoba kandi barabutsinze ari nako zibakangisha uduhendabana tw'amafaranga hamwe n'imyanya ikomeye.

 

Twakwibutsa ko kuva mu kwezi kwa cyenda umwaka ushize wa 2012, iri terabwoba ryari ryibasiye abagize komite nyobozi y'ishyaka PS Imberakuri gusa. None aho umunyamabanga mukuru atangiriye urugendo rwe, ubu noneho abayobozi b'inzego zose, kuva kuri komite nyobozi, inzego z'intara, iz'uturere, iz'abahagarariye amashuri makuru na kaminuza, abajyanama b'ishyaka ndetse n'imiryango yacu turibasiwe.

 

Kuba rero Umunyamabanga Mukuru w'ishyaka akomeje urugendo ku mu gabane w'i Burayi aho ahura n'abanyarwanda n'abanyamahanga b'inzego zitandukanye byateye ubwoba leta iyobowe na FPR. Ni muri urwo rwego bakora ibishoboka byose ngo basenye ishyaka PS Imberakuri nk'uko babigerageje muri Werurwe 2010. Amakuru atugeraho, n'uko hejuru y'iryo terabwoba ryibasiye abayobozi, ngo hari gahunda yo gufunga Visi Perezida wa Mbere w'ishyaka, Bwana Alexis BAKUNZIBAKE, ibyo bigakorwa mbere yuko Umunyamabanga Mukuru agaruka mu Rwanda kugirango bimutere ubwoba ntagaruke,  bityo ibyifuzo byabo bikaba bishyizwe mu bikorwa. Ikindi, ngo n'uko Umunyamabanga Mukuru w'ishyaka naramuka agarutse, bazamufunga nyuma y'iminsi mike, dore ko ngo yihanganiwe igihe kirerekire. Wagirango hari uwo dusaba uburenganzira bwo guharanira uburenganzira bwacu.

 

Nk'uko tutahwemye kubitangaza "kubaho kw'imishwi si impuhwe z'agaca, kandi umwanzi agucira akobo, Imana igucira icyanzu". Kuba muri 2010, leta ya Kigali yarifashishije Madamu MUKABUNANI Christine wari visi prezida hamwe na HAKIZIMFURA Noel, ndetse na NITEGEKA Augustin kugirango ibone uko ifunga Umuyobozi w'ishyaka Nyakubahwa Me Bernard NTAGANDA maze ishyaka PS Imberakuri rigasigara kw'izina gusa ntibyashobotse kandi ntibyaciye intege abarwanashyaka. Ahubwo aba bambari b'ingoma nibo barimo gusubiranamo.

 

Kugeza uyu munsi, usibye kugararagariza abanyarwanda ndetse n'amahanga ko leta ya Kigali itemera demukarasi n'ukwishyira ukizana kwa buri wese, nta kindi byatwaye Imberakuri, ari nayo mpamvu leta yabuze amahwemo. Kuba rero Visi Perezida wa Mbere n'Umunyamabanga Mukuru w'ishyaka cyangwa se undi muyobozi uwo ari we wese w'ishyaka bafungwa cyangwa bagakorerwa ibindi bibi ntabwo bishobora guhagarika inkundura ya demukarasi. Imbuto ya demukarasi twabibye imaze gusesekara hose kandi ngo "Aho kwica Gitera, ica ikibimutera". Ntabwo banasubiza amaso inyuma ngo baboneko no mu mateka yabo,  ko kuba intwari Fred GISA RWIGEMA yaratabarutse ku munota wa mbere bitababujije kugera ku ntsinzi.

 

Ishyaka ry'Imberakuri ryongeye kwibutsa Leta ya Kigali ko nyamara ahubwo, abahanga bagira bati: "uwo mutavugarumwe ntuzamukumire, ahubwo azamwiyegereze muganire wumve ibyo atekereza.". Mureke tubabere urumuri rw'ibikenewe gukosorwa, maze twese hamwe twubake urwatubyaye, twitegurire ejo hazaza heza twifuza. Niwo muti rukumbi w'ibibazo byugarije abanyarwanda.

 

Bikorewe i Kigali, kuwa 31/01/2013

 

Alexis BAKUNZIBAKE

Visi Prezida wa Mbere

 

-“The root cause of the Rwandan tragedy of 1994 is the long and past historical ethnic dominance of one minority ethnic group to the other majority ethnic group. Ignoring this reality is giving a black cheque for the Rwandan people’s future and deepening resentment, hostility and hatred between the two groups.”

-« Ce dont j’ai le plus peur, c’est des gens qui croient que, du jour au lendemain, on peut prendre une société, lui tordre le cou et en faire une autre ».

-“The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.”

-“I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.

-“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”

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