After having a look at "Conférence-vérité du Dr Rudasingwa Théogene ", in FRANCE-RWANDA TRIBUNE, of April 12, 2011, and all the subsequent robust comments made by various people on the issue, due to the delicate socio-political plight of our country, Rwanda, and bearing in mind that only the supreme interests of the nation should be given more priority rather than being driven by the secular feeling of revenge and retribution that has characterized the rwandan society's socio-ethnic parties; I decided to fight for the ideal socio-political bigger picture for the country, with more viable future perspectives. Never mind who did what , especially that personal or egoistic conflicts never pave way for any progress but negative minds stagnation. In early 20th century, black people in South Africa belonged to various political parties whose membership was almost exclusively made by black people. The collection of those loose parties brought about the ANC. And when the ANC took power, through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, people were able to pave the ways forward ( albeit i reckon that it was not perfect ),and, at least, the step was taken. It would be healthy to consider the same approach for countries with secular socio-political divides within the society. And something must be done, at some point in time, and by someone. One will never wait for angels to come down on earth, and rule for him or her, to contribute constructively. And again, never mind those who are showing lack of confidence as they also have their reasons , legitimate or erronous, to behave accordingly. Even Moses was contested by his very same tribe's men. But with time, some of those people may end up seing the light. Hence, i find it wise to give the Rwanda National Congress and its prominent founders the benefit of the doubt, and an objective and constructive social and moral support if we are realy patriots who honestly love the country. When all live forces of the nation will be put together in a politically coordinated manner, rwandans will be up to some socio-political changes. Since mid february, people from black subsaharan countries have been following admiringly what they perceive as audacious, even temerary acts of socio-political revolution by the masses of people in the arab countries , and dictators like Kaddafi , Hosni Moubarak, Ben Abidine, were ousted. In Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, people still prefer to die rather than living the way they do. But admiring buddies from Cameroun with Paul Biya on power since 1982; Angola with Dos Santos, since 1979; Equatorial Guinea with Obiang Nguema since 1979; Swaziland with king Swati since 1986; Uganda with Museveni since 1986; Burkina Faso with Blaise Compaoré since 1987,- and the list can go on...- are just hoping for the second coming of Jesus to see matters change in their countries. In all these countries in Africa, everybody knows that only a small group of people of some kind of socio-esoterical character is ruling the country. For instance, in my native country Rwanda, people had to wait for 30 years to express their legitimate dissent with regards to the then ethnic hutu dominated regimes. Those were the times of the so-called independences that turned out to be the beginning of a sinister socio-political downfall. Are the people going to wait again for decades to oust dictators in this 21st century?
In Rwanda, calling themselves liberators of the rwandan masses, the RPF did not take time to betray their sense of thirst for an absolute power absorption. And today everybody, except that minority in good books of the regime of Kagame( for the time being ! ) is just living the rwandan saying that goes like. " only dancers have changed , but the tune is still the same." People in Rwanda should stand up the way they did in 90s against the regime of Habyalimana.Time has come that people in third world countries learn to stand up, and fight for their rights. If necessary bear Martin Luther King Jnr words as their revolutionary motto:" un homme qui n'est pas capable de mourir pour une juste cause n'est digne de vivre" . Kagame through his diabolical 06 April 1994 stratageme sacrificed almost one million of his fellow tutsi ethnic, decimating millions of Hutu in Rwanda and Eastern Congo,to get to power. But political alliances are moving like in a cycle, and, in a recent future, all live forces of the nation will have to unite against the RPF regime. People are no longer scared to die for their political positions because this is needed. Remember that even Moses did not enter the promised land. Rwandans have to put the supreme interests of the nation before any other personal or individual consideration. Like the revolutionary Thomas Sankara." La patrie ou la mort , nous vaincrons." A person can be killed, but not the ideal project of the society.
Mayele Deogratias KAREGEYA