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Thursday, July 06, 2006
Rwandan Diaspora Political Parties Encouraged to Return to Build Nation By Fidel Munyeshyaka While celebrating Rwanda’s dual holidays of Independence and Liberation this week, Rwanda’s Consultative Forum of Political Organizations (CFPO) castigated political parties operating outside of Rwanda for false reports and promoting divisionism. It urged these parties to register in Rwanda and add to the legitimate political discussion and help build Rwanda. The constitutionally mandated CFPO represents the nine Rwandan registered political parties. CFPO Executive Secretary Anicet Kayigema stressed that that the forum will only recognize parties registered in Rwanda and stated that the parties operating outside the country are not legal according to the Rwandan constitution. “Like other countries, Rwandans can only vote for political parties registered in their country,” Kayigema said. “If these parties truly want to represent the Rwandan people and be a political force in Rwanda they should come and register here. They have no obstacle because the Rwandan Constitution allows for multi-parties of differing views,” he said. Anicet Kayigema accused the opposition political parties operating in exile of basing their political platform on ethnic group and promoting one group over another. He continued by explaining the reason for the difficulties between many of these parties and the government and their claims of asylum. “Our political organizations are prohibited from basing themselves on race, ethnic group, tribe, clan, region, sex, religion or any other division which may give rise to discrimination,” he said, recalling that this was one of the causes of the 1994 genocide. Opposition political parties and alliances in exile have repeatedly claimed that political parties within the country act as accomplices of the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF), the leading party, through the CFPO instead of acting as real opposition political parties. They also claim that the Rwandan government has narrowed the political space. Approximately twenty political parties have been created in exile since the 1994 genocide. Some of them were reported to be dissolved due to the lack of support within the country. The Rally for the Return of Refugees and Democracy in Rwanda (RDR) was the first to be created. The most recent to be formed is the Party for Democracy in Rwanda PDR Ihumure which was launched recently in Washington, DC. Rwandan Consultative Forum of Political Organization brings together the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF- INKOTANYI), Liberal Party (PL), Democratic Union Party of Rwanda (UDPR), Ideal Democratic Party (PDI), Social Democratic party (PSD), Parti du Progres et de la Concorde (PPC), Centrist Democratic Party (PDC), Parti Socialiste Rwandais (PSR) and Parti de la Solidalité et du Progres (PSP). The Great Lakes Centre for Strategic Studies is a London-based think tank. Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by GLCSS at 12:40 AM |
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