Saturday, February 20, 2010
By Ann Garrison
[Since 1994, the world witnesses the horrifying Tutsi minority (14%) ethnic domination, the Tutsi minority ethnic rule, tyrany and corruption in Rwanda. The current government has been characterized by the total impunity of RPF criminals, the Tutsi economic monopoly, the Tutsi militaristic domination, and the brutal suppression of the rights of the majority of the Rwandan people (85% are Hutus), by the RPF criminal organization.=> ASIF]
This short conversation illustrates the fact that the critics of Kagame’s autocratic rule have gone mainstream in the US. How much longer will the US political elite in Washington be able to resist this major shift in public opinion about their “beacon of hope” in Africa? The words from Richard Durbin (number two in the US Senate’s Democrat majority) show that the US administration desperately needs to see results and progress concerning the unresolved FDLR (the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) issue.
Richard Durbin stated last monday in a visit to Goma, that:
“The question of FDLR should be resolved both by the Congolese government, Rwandan government and the international community.”
The Illinois senator, who is close to President Barack Obama, suggested that Rwanda should publish the names of FDLR fighters accused of violating human rights.
“Opportunity should be given to people who were not involved in horrific crimes to go back to Rwanda. There are some who have already been back to Rwanda. They live quite well, because they were not involved in horrific crimes,”
Durbin said.
Sofar Kigali has not responded to Richard Durbin’s request, what Kagame did do was publish the article on The New Times website without proper exegesis.
However if you take a closer look you will notice that the statement contains a strong message. A message that comes close to what Kris Berwouts, said on february 10th in a interview with Jason Stearns:
“We consider the FDLR problem as political, so the solution needs to be political as well. We have no taboos about a military dimension, but only when it’s focused, and when it’s part of a broader political approach. A military solution does not exist. But the chances for a diplomatic approach to succeed will also depend on Rwanda: today, the outlook is gloomy as far as democratic participation, guaranteed human rights and socio-economic opportunities are concerned.
Yet if the FDLR combatants are to return home, they need to be sure that they can live in future in peace and dignity. A huge stumbling block comes from the fact that an entire community is blamed for the genocide. The génocidaire label is applied to a whole group and not to individuals. The only way to make progress on this question is to be more explicit as to which persons are to blame and of what they are accused. “
Apparently Kagame doesn’t see the writing on the wall.
© olored Opinions
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a “time”, yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
I think that the Obama administration should press kagame into allowing the majority hutu to participate in the so called democracy in Rwanda. Tustis and mainly kagame's clan should not be allowed to hold onto power for ever. No one denies that genocide happened but hutus were and are still being killed today in Rwanda in so called invaders attacks. when is the world going to open their eyes and see that Kagame is responsible of the worst atrocities in Rwanda and Congo, he should be accountable for them. The problem is that the US close its eyes and help him in training his militia (army) and logistically by transporting them any where they want to fight, it is wrong and it is a work of some one who doesn't think clearly. People should know that the sediments of another massacre are already there in Rwanda, hate, grudge, dictatorship, censorship of independent journalism, fear of each other, and denial that the other person exist (when Kagame says that there is only rwandans, there are no ethic groups). That is not true and everyone knows, denial is worse than what Habyarimana's regime did about ethnicity, denying does not make people forget about it, it doesn't make hutus comfortable either. All the money the US and Great Britain keep giving to Kagame in so called humanitarian aid only make them look like France towards Habyarimana. It s sad when you history repeat itself and people still deny it. Enough said, hopefully someone will listen and tell America to pressure to hold an open and honest election but just watch every media and politician in europe will say Rwanda is a model in Africa. It is sad and deplorable when we correct a problem before it spills out of control and later come to cry about the aftermath.