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The 66 year old, arrived at the court premises in a RIB detainees van under tight security. Before attending the court proceedings, everybody was required to pass a COVID-19 test, and before passing the gate, there was someone checking the pandemic symptoms.

The Judge informed Rusesabagina that is suspected of 13 counts and asked him if he is pleading guilty but he refused to answer. Instead, he said that he has answered on every count during interrogation, before an investigator and a prosecutor.

However, he told the judges that he regrets the killings carried out by FLN belligerents in Nyaruguru, asking for forgiveness from the affected families and the nation.

The Proceedings

15:55: The judge says the hearing is completed and the Court is scheduled to pronounce on 17 September 2020 at 2:00 pm.

15:52: Rusesabagina was given an opportunity to speak and tells the court he has ailing health as proven by the three times he was taken to the hospital during the last two weeks, and assures the court that he will not escape once the provisional release is granted.

15:50: As for the bail, the Prosecution said that Mr. Rugaza did not know what he was asking for because during the interrogation he said that Rusesabagina is bailed out by a surety, and today he said that he would use a cash bond.

They said Mr. Rugaza should specify a cash bond bearing in mind the lives of the dead and the material damage. Prosecution prayed for his stay in custody.

15:30: Prosecution tells the court that Rusesabagina as a suspect, refusing to respond to each charge and saying he had no list of crimes while his lawyers had them, is evidence that he tried to avoid the interrogation.

The prosecution says the accused is mired into a lot of controversies, for though he said he regrets the FLN killings, his words are contrary as he is denying his role as the president of the MRCD, the mother organ of FLN.

The prosecution says it is not a question of whether he was sick or not, but the fact that he could stand before the court today for his trial means that he has been well treated since his arrival in Rwanda, treated, and taken to the doctor whenever he wanted.

The prosecutor says that while they were interrogating him, they had to suspend his interrogation so he could be taken to the hospital, therefore, being in custody cannot prevent Rusesabagina from accessing any medical attention he needs.

15:20: About the conversation between Rusesabagina and Twagiramungu, Mr. Rugaza said it should have been presented to the suspect so that he should answer on it. He insisted the defendant should be granted bail on account of his good conduct and that he had no prior convictions.

He said Rusesabagina was a good person, who had been given various awards as an honest person, therefore, the court should base on that to grant him bail.

15:00: The fact that the FLN has committed crimes, Rugaza said, should not be tied on Rusesabagina because the group was no longer affiliated with the MRDC, but that members of the group should be held accountable.

Rugaza said that in regards to the testimony of people injured in the FLN attacks and photos of the burnt vehicles, although Rusesabagina regrets, the court should consider whether any of their burns are related to the FLN activities.

15:00: Mr. Nyambo, one of Rusesabagina’s lawyers said his client should be released and tried as a free man because he was ill and, if necessary, he should be restricted to a certain area since his traveling documents were seized.

14:45: As for the audio and video that the prosecution claims to have, he said he wanted to check and see if it was him or not. In regard to other written documents demonstrating that he sent money to people in FLN, he said he had no knowledge of some of them.

“I have personally regretted and apologized to the families of those affected and to the country,” he said, referring to the criminal activities committed in Nyaruguru.

14:40: Talking about the money he allegedly sent to Sinayobye, Rusesabagina said that he sent him three thousand euros because he “called me crying” and then sent him the money as a parent; that the money was not sent to the FLN.

In regard to the money his wife sent to Comoros, he said, was “sent to Sankara by my wife” because Sankara’s mother and his wife were neighbors in the same area. His wife allegedly sent Sankara money to help her child.

On the money he sent to Noel Habiyaremye, he said the same thing to the FBI and all investigative agencies. He said that by the time movie Hotel Rwanda was released, many Rwandans, refugees, thought that he had become a millionaire; that everyone sought him out individually, at that time he had not entered politics.

14:25: When asked if he pleaded guilty, Rusesabagina said he had discussed the allegations during the investigation and had responded to each case.
He said he would like to voice his thoughts as soon as the trial begins in substance.

'The questions I answered were not many, one is that I helped FLN, I said yes I helped FLN, I gave 20 thousand euros,' he said. The fact that he gave them the money and the used it for their killings, he said that it was not the agreement he shared with the FLN.

14:24: The prosecutor said that if Rusesabagina was released, he would escape justice based on the gravity of the crimes he is suspected of; also, he was arrested after a long search, so if he was released it would not be easy to find him again.

In addition, he is well-aware that Belgium investigated him the same as the FBI in the United States, with regard to financing terrorist groups, so keeping him behind bars looks to be the only way to prevent him from tampering with the evidence and pressuring witnesses, or to meet other suspects in Belgium for treason.

14:15: The prosecutor said 82 children that made statements and their testimony showed that they had been abducted and taken to militia services in violation of Rwandan and international law.

He said there were medical records showing that nine people had been killed in the FLN terrorist attacks in Nyabimata and Cyitabi Sectors and all of them had died as a result of the attacks.

14:00: The prosecutor said there were various documents provided to Rwanda by the Belgian Police indicating the amount of money that had been sent by Rusesabagina, which was provided by the Western Union.

Some of the money sent to Madagascar and Comores to Nsabimana Callixte and others to FLN fighters in the DRC.

13:45: As the serious reasons for Rusesabagina to remain in custody, the prosecution recounted every one of his 13 charges.

• On the charge of the formation of an irregular armed group or joining it: The prosecutor relied on a statement from the FLN stating that it was a group formed by the MRCD, made by its former spokesman, Nsabimana Callixte.

He talked about Rusesebagina’s footage where he and Twagiramungu Faustin were discussing on the FLN establishment, and a two-page document found in Rusesabagina’s computer in a search conducted by the Belgian police at his home in 2019.

Another reason the prosecution relies on is the statements of FLN soldier Col Nizeyimana Marc describing how the FLN was set up, Sankara’s statement, and Paul Rusesabagina’s statement confirming that he went to the FLN but did not create it.

• On charges of financing terrorism, the prosecution said the reason for keep Rusesabagina in detention was based on an interview with Wilson Irategeka on May 19, 2019, in which Irategeka accuses Rusesabagina of trying to divide the army [called farmers] with money.

This was based on the fact that Rusesabagina had sent Gen Sinayobye Bernabe three thousand dollars. It is also alleged that Rusesabagina’s wife sent 1,000 euros to Comoros, at this time the money was sent to Nsabimana Callexte alias Sankara.

13:30: The prosecution was given the floor and they are praying to the court that the accused be remanded in custody on the ground of all the crimes he is suspected of. He said the alleged activities of Rusesabagina began in 2009 when as the leader of the PDR Ihumure party; Rusesbagina approached Lt Col Habiyaremye Noel, formerly known as Banga Banza Lambert.

He was a member of the FDLR terrorist group, urging them to join him together with his FDLR fighters. The prosecutor said that Habiyaremye later went to Burundi and Rusesabagina kept sending him money. The money was alleged to form a military unit against the Rwandan government.

Because of the good relations between Rwanda and Burundi at the time, Habiyaremye was arrested and sent to Rwanda, where he then spoke about his cooperation with Rusesabagina.

Rusesabagina later worked with Gen Wilson Irategeka who founded CNRD Ubwiyunge. They later formed the FLN and were joined the RRM party of Nsabimana Callixte alias Sankara.

They added another party to the coalition, Rwanda Rwiza led by Faustin Twagiramungu; in order to work together. They all shared a common plan to overthrow the government in Rwanda. The plan was to be achieved by using force, the reason why they founded the FLN. The MRCD was a four-party coalition, with the FLN as its military wing.

13:15: After examining all the objections raised, the court ruled that the arrest of Rusesabagina in the Nyarugunga Sector which is in the territory of Kicukiro Primary Court, ordering the trial to proceed immediately.

13:10: The court is set to announce its decision on the objections raised by Rusesabagina’s lawyers. Both parties have returned to the waiting pending a hearing.

The 13 crimes of which Rusesabagina is accused of:

• Formation of an irregular armed group or joining it

• Financing terrorism

• Terrorism for political purposes

• Committing and participating in terrorist acts

• Giving orders in a terrorist act

• Membership of a terrorist group

• Conspiracy and incitement to commit a terrorist act

• Complicity voluntary murder

• Complicity in taking a person hostage

• Complicity in armed robbery

• Complicity in arson

• Complicity in assault or battery;

• Complicity in children in warfare or other military activities

11:05: The judge said the court would examine in private, which they will resume at 1 p.m., announcing decisions taken in regards to the objections identified by the defense lawyers.

10:50: The prosecutor said Rusesabagina could not be separated from the FLN’s actions because he himself said he regretted it when he was questioned by the prosecution. They said that Rusesabagina did not donate as to a charity when he sponsored the FLN, adding that during his interrogation he said, “I financed the FLN with 20,000 euros”, and that the FLN was not a charitable organization.

10:45: Me. Rugaza said the $ 900 Rusesabagina donated was not the money someone can use to attack the country.

10:40: The prosecutor said Rusesabagina admitted that he had acted as a Rwandan and there is no surprise that even as a foreigner can be prosecuted by Rwandan courts.

The prosecutor said Rusesabagina had every right to his freedom of speech, but when one goes on the radio or television and points out that the FLN, affiliate to the MRCD of which he was the rightful President started attacks in Rwanda, that should be called freedom of speech.

In addition, the fact that Rusesabagina acknowledged that some of the money he donated to the FLN was used to assassinate Rwandans, should not be considered a freedom of speech while supporting people who want to kill Rwandans.

10:35: As for Me Rugaza’s claim that Rusesabagina is in court as a Belgian, the Prosecutor stated that in his interrogation he admitted that he had Belgian citizenship and that anyone who committed a crime in Rwandan territory should be prosecuted regardless of his nationality. That means Rwandan courts have the power to prosecute him.

10:30: The prosecutor insisted that arguing on the jurisdiction of the court is unfounded because the law on the jurisdiction of the courts, the primary courts were the ones that had jurisdiction over the trial of detention and provisional release.

He said Rusesabagina had been arrested in the territory of Kicukiro Primary Court, and that is where he should be tried.

Regarding the fact that Rusesabagina had a building in Nyarutarama, the Prosecutor said the fact that he had bought the plot and built it did not mean that he lived in it or that he was arrested there. 'It does not mean that he was living there at the time of his arrest, nor was he there at the time of his arrest,' they said mentioning that during the interrogation, Rusesabagina said he lived in Belgium.

10:25: His lawyer went on to say that Rusesabagina’s charges were not right because some were attributed to other political parties not his own, saying that everyone should be held accountable for his actions.

10:15: Rugaza said Rusesabagina had never set foot on Rwandan soil so as to be suspected of involvement in the 2018 crimes. He added that from 1996 to 1999, Rusesabagina had no citizenship, and at the time the documents he was using were given to him by the United Nations. It was in 1999 that he was granted Belgian citizenship.

Me Rugaza said the prosecution cited a meeting he had held in the United States, said that as a Belgian citizen, his country looked at what he said and found it to be a freedom of expression, so nothing he should be accused as a Belgian.

He said the FBI also in the United States called him and saw that the meeting he addressed itself was based on freedom of expression. With reference to the Rwanda Penal code of 2012, Rusesabagina shouldn’t be accused of anything because what he did was exercising his freedom of expression.

10:09: One of Rusesabagina’s defense team, Mr. Rugaza David, began by saying that there were objections, referring to the jurisdiction of the Kicukiro Primary Court to try his client. He said that only the Primary court where the man lived had jurisdiction to try his cases of provisional detention and release.

He said that in 2004 when Paul Rusesabagina lastly came to Rwanda, bought a plot of land in Nyarutarama, so that should be considered as his residence. That means he should be sent to the Gasabo Primary Court and be tried there instead of in the Kicukiro Primary Court.

10:00: The court began by reading Rusesabagina’s profile, and when asked if the profile they read belonged to him, and he replied, “That’s right.” The judge read the crimes he is accused of and asked if he heard them, his response was “I heard.”

The judge said that Paul Rusesabagina is the son of Rupfure Thomas and Nyirampara Keiza, born on June 15, 1954, in Nyakabungo Cell, Nkomero Sector, Murama Commune, Gitarama Prefecture; it’s now in Ruhango District, Southern Province. He said he lives in Belgium in the Kraainem-Banlieu area of Brussels where he has Rwandan and Belgian citizenship. He is married to Mukangamije Tatiana and is a hotelier.

Rusesabagina was paraded in front of the media on August 31, 2020, RIB explained that he was arrested at Kigali International Airport and arrived in Kigali voluntarily, contrary to reports that say he had been abducted in Dubai. On the other hand, there are reports that Rusesabagina arrived in Dubai on August 27, 2020, at 7:10 p.m.

Unconfirmed reports say that he left Al Maktoum Airport in Dubai on a private jet of the Bombardier Challenger 605 of GainJet, late in the night and arrived in Kigali on Friday morning.

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Bref, les dissensions dans le mode de gouvernance sont vite apparues. La ligne libératrice nationaliste du FPR/Front Patriotique Rwandais, fondement idéologique du nouveau régime rwandais qui devait jeter les bases de grands chantiers de l’unité et réconciliation en vue du redécollage économique de la société rwandaise.
Il est triste de constater que ces grands politiciens ne comprennent pas que chaque personnalité révolutionnaire a sa façon de concevoir la gestion de la société. Toutes ces personnalités, Faustin Twagiramungu, Théogène Rudasingwa, Kayumba Nyamwasa, Anastase Gasana, Gérard Gahima, JMV Ndagijimana, Charlotte Mukankusi, Eugène Richard Gasana, Himbara David et Emmanuel Habyarimana et bien d’autres ne rêvent que de financer des groupes armés pour déposer le régime rwandais actuel diriger par l’infatigable Paul Kagame.
Pourtant ils devraient comprendre que cette obsession de casser le cours démocratique d’une société donnée en recourant à la force armée, cela relève du terrorisme.

Faustin Twagiramungu, 75 ans
Cet éphémère ancien Premier Ministre (1994-1995) qui, de son exil belge, est rentré au Rwanda et posé sa candidature à la présidentielle de 2003 pour récolter 3.6%, ne décolère pas. Tôt en 1996, dans son exil, il a fondé un parti politique FRD /Forces de Résistance et de la Démocratie en partenariat avec son ancien ministre Seth Sendashonga, lui aussi exilé au Kenya. Ce parti va fédérer en 1998 avec d’autres mouvements de l’opposition divisionniste radicale (RDR, GID, RNLM et UNAR) pour former l’UFDR /Union des Forces Démocratiques Rwandaises.

Il a toujours appelé dans ses déclarations publiques à la prise d’armes. ” Kagame et le FPR ont pris le pouvoir par les armes. Nous aussi nous allons le faire “, aime-t-il toujours dire. Ces déclarations sont futiles. Il le sait bien même si il ne peut pas le dire. Le FPR pour prendre les armes, c’était dans un dernier recours quand le Président d’alors, le Gén. Juvénal Habyarimana (1973-1994) criait à qui voulait l’entendre que ” le Rwanda est plein. Il n’y a aucun centimètre carré de libre “.

Cette déclaration qu’il citait dans tous les média internationaux avait un sens catégorique de refus de rentrer des réfugiés dans leur patrie. Par contre, le régime actuel se bat pour que tout le monde rentre. Y compris les politiciens, si virulents soient-ils. Et pour Twagiramungu, ” si FDLR/Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda (évoluant dans les brousses de l’Est de la RDC) est attaqué, nous ne resteront pas les bras croisés. Nous volerons à son secours “, a-t-il écrit sur son compte facebook le 12 août 2014.

Cela se comprenait parfaitement car ce vieux politicien venait de fonder en 2010 un autre parti RDI-Rwanda Dream Initiative avec lequel il a invité à la coalition, Coalition des Partis Politiques pour le Changement/CPC avec un PS Imberakuri, UDR et lesdites FDLR. Mais au cours de la même année cette coalition a volé en éclat. Mais l’on comprend l’erreur fatale qui guidait le septuagénaire politicien. Faire couler le sang au lieu de, en 2003 après sa défaite électorale, être resté dans son pays, jouer de la politique en toute démocratie.

En 2019 il décide, lui et son parti RDI d’entrer dans la coalition MRCD/Mouvement Rwanda pour le Changement Démocratique de Paul Rusesabagina et sa branche armée, le FLN/Forces de Libération Nationale. Là il devient le chantre de la lutte armée et du terrorisme pratiqué par les éléments du FLR qui sèment morts, incendie et pillages sur d’innocents civils de Nyabimata dans le Nyaruguru et des passagers de Kitabi dans Nyamagabe sur leur voyage Kigali-Rusizi au cours de la même année.
” Je le dis à haute voix, sans faux-fuyant. Jamais nous n’accepteront de mourir comme des punaises (…) Nous prendrons avec nos deux mains les armes auxquelles nous ajouterons d’autres forces “, a dit Faustin Twagiramungu qui se condamne pour apologie du terrorisme.

A une autre occasion, la VOA lui demande s’il n’a pas peur de ses propos, le septuagénaire trouve bon de rétorquer… ” qu’il advienne qui pourra, nous sommes prêts à entrer en prison “.

Depuis lors, il se fait accompagner par une idéologie du négationnisme du génocide des Tutsi de 1994 pour mieux affirmer sa détermination. Pour lui, ” le génocide des Tutsi n’a pas été préparé “.

Théogène Rudasingwa, 60 ans, et des actes terroristes dans la ville de Kigali
Cet ancien membre éminent du FPR, il avait le grade de Lt-colonel au sein de l’armée, a occupé tour à tour des postes importants au sein des hautes institutions du pays jusqu’en 2004. Ancien ambassadeur du Rwanda aux USA (1996-1999) puis Directeur de cabinet à la Présidence (2000-2004). Tout le préparait à être un homme de probité.

Il est rapporté que son exil serait dû au détournement de fonds de construction de l’Hôtel Intercontinental Serena de Kigali en lieu et place du vétuste Hôtel Diplomate. Son exil devient catastrophique. Il s’allie avec les généraux Kayumba Nyamwasa et son grand frère Gahima pour fonder le RNC/Rwanda National Congress. Mais là ce n’est pas grave. Dommage que ce RNC va avoir des proportions de terrorisme urbain. Quelles sont les forces qui financent ces activités terroristes ? Un pays voisin y est-il pour quelque chose ?

” Alors que nous étions au sein du RNC, j’ai activement participé à la mise en place un dispositif assez puissant pour déstabiliser le régime de Kagame. Nous avons recruté beaucoup de gens en collaboration avec les FDU-Inkingi/Forces Démocratiques Unifiées. Souvenez-vous-en, c’était dans les années 2011, 2012… Cela a eu un impact sur le régime de Kagame. Il en a pris un coup “, a-t-il déclaré se vantant d’avoir terrorisé les citadins de Kigali en lançant des grenades explosives mortelles dans les places publiques à forte concentration en plein centre ville au lieudit Chez Rubangura, au centre Kicukiro, un quartier sud est de Kigali et ailleurs.
Comment peut-on se vanter d’avoir tué d’innocents civils au nom de ses intérêts politiques étroits et de penser que ce crime sera impuni jusqu’à non plus ?

Gérard Gahima, ancien Procureur Général
Gérard Gahima, juriste, grand conseiller au près du Munistère rwandais de la justice en 1996 et ancien Procureur Général de la République est parmi les quatre qui ont créé le RNC qui a déployé des actes de terrorisme dans la ville de Kigali et à l’intérieur du pays de 2011 et 2012.
Lui comme son frère Rudasingwa, a été jugé par contumance et écopé la peine de 20 ans de prison ferme.

Jean Marie Vianney Ndagijimana, véritable idéologue du double génocide
Ce diplomate était pourtant bien parti pour une longue carrière dans l’administration publique rwandaise après la Libération du pays par le FPR et l’arrêt du génocide. Il fut Ministre des Affaires étrangères sous le Gouvernement Twagiramungu. Malheureusement, il est tombé dans la propagande-piège des génocidaires qui, en ce temps-là, campaient de l’autre côté de la frontière, à Bukavu et à Goma au Sud et Nord Kivu dans l’ancien Zaire. Ceux-ci avaient alors une force de conviction tout en se préparant à la revanche et envahir le pays. Ils vont fonder un puissant RDR/Rassemblement Démocratique pour le Retour des Refugiés au Rwanda. Ils avaient pris en otage plus de deux millions de rwandais qui campaient sur les bords du Kivu et de son déversoir, la Rivière Rusizi des Camps de Mugunga, Katale au Nord Kivu à ceux de Kalehe, Panzi, Kamanyola… au Sud Kivu. JMV Ndagijimana tombera dans le traquennard.

Mais il ne quittera pas ses fonctions de ministre puis d’ambassadeur désigné du Rwanda aux USA. Il emportera 200 mille dollars décaissés pour organiser les travaux de la nouvelle ambassade du rwanda dans ce pays-là.

Depuis lors, il est le chantre de l’idéologie du double génocide. Sa plume facile dans ce domaine lui fait écrire de nombreux livres de propagande à cet effet. Ses conférences sur le sujet font de lui un expert et grand détracteur du régime qu’il a volé.

Mukankusi Charlotte, diplomatie du RNC
Cette ancienne diplomate rwandaise près l’ambassade du Rwanda en Inde peut être tombée dans les filets de celui qui fut son patron, le Général ambassadeur Nyamwasa Kayumba. Ce dernier, est la cheville ouvrière de RNC qui a organisé des tueries à la grenade essentiellement dans la ville de Kigali.
Charlotte est chargée de la diplomatie dans ce Mouvement. On l’a entendu sillonner les grandes métropoles du monde avec un passeport ugandais.

Eugène-Richard Gasana, 57 ans ; activites contraires a la fonction de diplomate le jettent dans les bras du RNC
Cet homme qui, avant de rejoindre le RNC était ambassadeur du Rwanda à l’ONU, était très apprécié pour ses prestations, a eu le malheur de l’appât du gain. Les médias internationaux l’ont épinglé comme une personne poursuivant des intérêts financiers illégaux et incompatibles avec son rang de diplomate. Le Monde et Médiapart français et Le Soir belge ont fait leurs investigations pour établir sa connexion avec le Président congolais Joseph Kabila dans le détournement de fonds au profit des grandes banques occidentales. Ces média ont parlé de 50 millions de dollars dudit Président transférés par son entremise dans une banque donnée. Il est rapporté que quand il a été convoqué à Kigali pour donner des explications, il a préféré démissionner de son poste et se constituer réfugié aux USA.
De là à être instrumentalisé par le RNC, il n’y a qu’un pas.

David Himbara, 70 ans,propagandiste du RNC ne convainc pas le Congres Americain
Cet économiste hors pair rwandais a occupé de grandes fonctions au Rwanda post génocide. D’abord au PNUD puis comme expert au Ministère rwandais de la Fonction Publique chargé de la Réforme des Institutions Publiques. Il a, par la suite, élevé au poste d’Assistant Personnel du Président de la République puis de Directeur du PSU/Strategic Planning Unit).
Un bon jour, il décide en cachette de déposer son tablier. Il montera en avion pour une destination occidentale, le Canada. Il se fera entendre qu’il est membre de RNC.
Les gens disent que c’est le vrai idéologue de RNC. Des membres de la diaspora rwandaise du Canada affirment qu’il mène des activités tentant de semer la zizanie entre eux. On le retrace au nom du RNC devant une Commission du Congrès Américain en 2017, après que le richissime rwandais Ayabatwa Rujugiro ait versé 440.000 $ à Podesta, un Groupe d’experts en Communication qui a facilité cette comparution.

Gén.Kayumba Nyamwasa, instrumentalise par un voisin en prend a ses depens
Ce général controversé, ancien Chef d’Etat Major Général des RDF, Chef Général des Services de renseignement puis ambassadeur, avait un avenir doré. D’aucuns croient que tout revirement qu’il a opéré pour se distancier du mode de gestion du pouvoir est survenu depuis longtemps sur instigation d’un homme d’Etat voisin, que son exil n’a été qu’un iceberg d’un contentieux que les hautes sphères cachaient soigneusement croyant que le général allait s’amender et revenir à la raison.

Son RNC qu’il a fondé avec les frères Gahima Gérard et Théogène Rudasingwa était censé avoir des forces énormes. Hélas, ses méthodes montraient un infantilisme de la guérilla intolérable. Au lieu de viser des cibles militaires, il s’en est pris aux innocents civils qui vaquaient à leurs activités de reconstruction de la société rwandaise mise à mal par le génocide des Tutsi de 1994.
Il a été jugé par contumace pour 24 ans de prison et radiation de tous les grades militaires.

Le Rwanda a mis un mandat d’arrêt international contre cet homme. Il a transmis ce mandat à l’Afrique du Sud où il est censé être. Il lui est reproché de collaborer avec d’autres mouvements armés évoluant dans l’Est de la RDC, dans les hautes montagnes s’étalant de Fizi à Uvira, dans Bijombo avec objectif affiché de déstabiliser le Rwanda.

Ce mandat d’arrêt est le deuxième du genre après celui émis en 2010 par le Rwanda à son encontre et contre l’ancien Colonel Patrick Karegeya pour le lancement de grenades explosives dans le pays.

Gen. B.M Emmanuel Habyarimana : pourquoi ce militaire se jette-t-il dans les FDLR ? Ses sensibilites politiques ?
Ce général des anciennes Forces Gouvernementales de Juvénal Habyarimana a rejoint les RDF pour monter rapidement à la tête de celles-ci en tant que Ministre de la Défense de 1997 à 2002.
Il est rapporté qu’il a fui pour l’Uganda voisin le 1er avril 2003 au moment où il était sous investigation pour des crimes qu’il était supposé avoir commis.
On le retrace en Suisse où il est actif avec l’appui financier et autres dans des activités de déstabilisation du Rwanda. Les médias ont rapporté qu’en 2012, le général a offert aux FDLR un soutien de 4000 dollars américains.
A part cette catégorie de politiciens rongés par le virus de faire valoir leurs idées et positions idéologiques par la violence des armes, une grande frange de politiciens positifs devraient comprendre que pour mériter leurs postes, ils doivent écrire des livres montrant les idéaux positifs qu’ils brandissent. Il serait intéressant de voir les chefs des partis politiques agréés et d’autres qui seraient dans leurs phases d’agrégation de montrer en quoi les programmes qu’ils brandissent peuvent faire évoluer la conscience politique des citoyens rwandais.

Une chose est sure. Faire de la politique c’est aussi savoir se ressaisir. Ces politiciens egares peuvent-ils par l’entremise de bons mediateurs, demander pardon et revenir dans la bonne ligne de pratiques politiques modernes au lieu de penser aux armes ?

Nous continuerons à voir des politiciens rwandais qui ne pensent pas nation et qui se fourvoient dans les idéologies négationnistes au lieu de s’affirmer dans l’arène politique rwandaise en faisant valoir des idéologies rationalistes constructives.

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