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UMUNSI WO KWIBUKA INZIRAKARENGANE ZOSE WARI WATEGUWE NA NEW GENERATION LEADERS WAGENZE NK’UKO TWARI TWABYIFUJE.

Ku nshuro ya mbere mu mateka y’amashyaka ya opozisiyo nyarwanda kuri uyu wagatandatu tariki ya 17 gicurasi umwaka w’2014 amashyaka ane ya Nouvelle Géneration yafatanije gutegura no gushyira mu bikorwa umuhango wo kwibukira hamwe inzira karengane zose nta vangura nk’uko bimenyerewe ahandi.

Nk’uko byari biteganijwe kuri gahunda igikorwa cyo kwibuka cyari cyahariwe uwo munsi cyabimburiwe n’igitambo cya Misa cyabereye kuri

Kiriziya Saint Charles , 15 Avenue Karreveld ,1080 Molenbeek mu mugi wa Buruseri mu gihugu cy’Ububiligi.

Uwo muhango ukaba warakurikiraniwe hafi n’anyarwandabenshi, en directe/live,kuri Radio Ijwi rya Rubanda kuva mu ntangiriro kugera ku iherezo.

Nk’uko twabimenyeshejwe n’ubuyobozi bw’iyo radio uwo muhango wakurikiranyewe n’amatsinda y’abanyarwanda atari munsi ya 200 ukurikije umubare wa za mudasobwa zakoreshejwe zikurikirana uwo muhango ni ukuvuga ko ari ikigereranyo cy’abantu byibura 600 bakurikiranye uwo muhango kuri radio.

Naho aho umuhango wari wabereye witabiriwe n’abantu bagera kuri 80.

Nk’uko byari biteganyijwe rero kuri gahunda, amashyaka ane yiganjemo abanyapolitiki bahuriye mu murongo wa Nouvelle Génération/New Generation yahuriye mu gikorwa cyo kwibuka inzirakarengane zo ku mpande zombi zazize amahano yagwiriye igihugu cyacu guhera ku itariki ya mbere Ukwakira umwaka w’i 1990 kugeza kuwa 31 Ukuboza 1994 nyuma ayo mahano agakomereza mu gihugu cya Zaire ariyo Repubulika iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo y’ubu hagati y’umwaka w’1996 kugeza mu mwaka w’ 2002 ndetse kugeza na n’ubu FPR ikaba igukomeje umugambi wayo mubisha wo guhiga abanyarwanda aho bayihungiye.

Ayo mahano akaba yariswe Jenoside mu ndimi z’amahanga ariko hakemezwa gusa iyakorewe abatutsi mu gihe iyakorewe abahutu igitegereje kwemezwa na Loni cyangwa urundi rwego rubifitiye ububasha

Tukaba twakwizeza abanyarwanda bose ko amashyaka ya Nouvelle Gération azafatanya n’abandi bafite ubushake mu guharanira ko n’iyo Jenocide yakorewe abahutu nayo yakwemezwa ndetse n’abayigizemo uruhare bagashyikirizwa inkiko zibifitiye ububasha.

Amashyaka yari yateraniye muri icyo gikorwa ni FPP-Urukatsa, ISHEMA Party, ISANGANO ARRDC- Abenegihugu ndetse na UDFR –Ihamye.

Hagaragaye kandi n’abandi bayobozi ndetse n’abayoboke bakomoka mu yandi mashyaka yari yaje kwifatanya natwe kwibuka abavandimwe bacu b’inzirakarengane twari twahariye uwo mu nsi. Intumwa z’imiryango ya sosiyete sivile nazo ntizatanzwe muri uwo muhango ndetse zihatanga n’ibitekerezo byubaka opozisiyo nyarwanda.

Nyuma y’igitambo cya Misa hakurikiyeho amasengesho mpuza matorero yahaye buri torero ryari ryaserukiwe umwanya wo gusengera inzirakarengane zose. Ayo masengesho akaba yarayobowe n’umupasteri wo kuruhande rw’itorero ry’abaprotestani ndetse n’intumwa yari yoherejwe na Sheikh ku ruhande rw’ idini y’abaislam nyuma hasoza amasengesho y’umusasaridoti wa kiliziya gatolika.

Gahunda y’amasengesho irangiye hakurikiyeho ubuhamya bw’abantu banyuranye baba abahutu cyangwa abatutsi bose bavuga ibyababayeho mu bwisanzure buhagije.

Nyuma y’ubuhamya bunyuranye bwakunzwe na benshi abari bitabiriye icyo gikorarwa bafashe akaruhuko baboneraho no gufata amafoto y’urwibutso.

Umuhango wo gufata amafoto y’urwibutso urangiye abari aho basubiye mu nzu bari bateraniyemo bahabwa umwanya wo kubaza ibibazo binyuranye ni uko abayobozi b’amashyaka yari yateguye icyo gikorwa bagerageza kubibonera ibisubizo bikwiriye.

Guhera mu ntangiriro kugeza ku musozo igikorwa cyaranzwe n’ituze ryinshi ndetse n’ubusabane busesuye bwaranzwe n’urukundo rutagira imbereka.

Abari bitabiriye icyo gikorwa bose bagaragaje ko kubera agaciro k’icyo gikorwa basanga umunsi umwe udahagije dore ko abifuzaga gutanga ubuhamya bari benshi ariko umwanya ukaba mugufi ndetse n’ababutanze bakaba barasanze umwanya bahawe utari uhagije bityo basaba abayobozi b’amashyaka yari yateguye icyo gikorwa ko ubutaha bazashaka uko batanga igihe kirenze umunsi umwe kugirango buri wese agabanye intimba imuri kumutima.

Iyi nkuru mwayiteguriwe kandi muyigejejweho na

AKISHULI ABDALLAH

Kagame’s Iron Fist Stokes Fires in Rwanda

Rwandan President Paul Kagame

When the details of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide were revealed to the world, the horrifying and grizzly events of those 100 days shook the international forum. General Paul Kagame was revered as a hero for leading the Rwandan Patriotic Front to victory and ending the genocide, forcing more than 1 million Hutu refugees to flee the country. Among those refugees were approximately 50,000 Interahamwe militants who carried out the genocide, which cost the lives of 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.

Since then Kagame has served as the de facto leader of Rwanda, obtaining close powerful allies in the United States and the United Kingdom, using their guilt for failing to respond during the genocide to gain fervent support for the Kagame regime. Kagame has utilized this powerful backing to carry out two wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as countless support operations for rebel factions in Eastern Congo, most recently illegally backing the M23 rebellion. Only in the last six months has Kagame come under scrutiny from his powerful allies for supporting ongoing rebellions in the DRC and using this as a pretext to exploit the vast mineral wealth located in that region.

Kagame has been given infinite credit for pulling Rwanda out of the ashes of the genocide and rebuilding the country. This credit is somewhat justified. However, behind the scenes is a leader and a regime that operates in a manner much closer to a criminal organization than a state. The reality of modern day Rwanda is that of a police state in which the minority Tutsi and their leader impose harsh sentences and oppression on anyone that contradicts the will of the government. Kagame has even ostracized former Tutsi allies, handing down 20 to 24-year sentences to four close cabinet members in 2011. He has also targeted the majority Hutu opposition, using the charge of denying genocide to imprison journalists and the opposition leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza after she questioned why the genocide memorials did not provide tributes to Hutus that died during the slaughter as well.

Now Kagame has begun to take things a step further with political assassinations. On New Year’s Day, former Rwandan Spy Chief Colonel Patrick Karegeya was found strangled in the upscale Michelangelo Towers in Johannesburg, South Africa. A bloody towel and a curtain cord were found on the scene. Karegeya was once a Kagame ally in the Rwandan government, but fell out of favor when he spoke out against Kagame’s tactics and was charged with insubordination. He was one of the four cabinet members given a lengthy sentence in 2011 in absentia. He fled to South Africa in 2007, where he was granted asylum.

This is not the first time Kagame has allegedly attempted an assassination of a former colleague. Former Rwandan Army Chief of Staff General Kayumba Nyamwasa survived three assassination attempts in 2011. During the first attack, he was shot in the stomach and the next two attacks were foiled by the South African police shortly after as he recovered from the initial onslaught. Granted, both Karegeya and Nyamwasa were accused of a coup attempt against Kagame, but attacks on other states’ sovereign soil is bold, even for the seemingly invincible Kagame.

In addition, Kagame and his cronies have been accused of a slew of assassinations and assassination attempts against journalists, former employees, doctors and priests, as well as former Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, an event that sparked the genocide. Whether or not the extent of these accusations are true (a French report has cleared Kagame of the assassination of Habyarimana), the slaying of Karegeya and the attempts against Nyamwasa are indeed alarming and point to a pattern of political assassinations designed to strike fear in the opposition and maintain the stranglehold that Kagame’s one-party system maintains.

2017 will be a very telling year for Rwanda as Kagame’s second term will come to an end. He is not permitted to seek re-election under the constitution. However, this may not deter him from changing the constitution or ushering in a successor that will report to his authority even after he leaves office. In a state where the press is run by the government and the 2010 elections saw all three of Kagame’s opponents either imprisoned or in exile, the strict dictatorial rule in Kigali shows all the signs of a continued authoritarian police state where the majority are oppressed and any competition is fervently put down. Couple this with the trend of assassinations of former Kagame confidantes and the outlook for Rwanda remains hazy.

Until the evils of the genocide can be put behind them and the country can find some semblance of harmony between ethnic groups, the nation as a whole is just one shot away from rekindling a bloody civil war that could see the horrors of the genocide resurface. For now, Kagame’s Western allies must understand that running a country with an iron fist and attacking opponents like a criminal organization is exactly the opposite of the ideals that democracy is supposed to be built upon. Rwanda cannot be considered the darling of Africa until illegal murders and financed rebellions in neighboring countries are stopped. If nothing is done, then the next Rwandan Civil War will be on the hands of those that supported this behavior.

Daniel Donovan is a writer for the Foreign Policy Association and the executive director of the African Community Advancement Initiative. You can follow him on Twitter @DanielRDonovan or @ACAinitiative.

Source:http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/world-report/2014/01/10/kagames-iron-fist-could-rekindle-rwandan-civil-war?src=usn_tw

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Iteganyabikorwa ry’Ishyaka Ishema ry’ u Rwanda

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UKURI- UBUTWARI UGUSARANGANYA

Mu nama yabaye kuri uyu wa gatandatu taliki ya 2 Werurwe 2013, Ubuyobozi bukuru bw’Ishyaka Ishema ry’U Rwanda bwasuzumanye ubushishozi ibibazo bikomeye igihugu cyacu gifite biturutse ahanini ku butegetsi bw’igitugu bw’Agatsiko. Bityo rero mu rwego rwo kuzahura igihugu no guhumuriza Abanyarwanda, ubutegetsi bwa Repubulika ya kane buzashyira imbere ibi bikurikira:

1. Tuzavugurura Inzego z’Ubutegetsi kugira ngo zishingire ku mahame ya Demokarasi isesuye.

(1)Hazategurwa Itegekonshinga rishimangira cyane ihame ry’uko Ubutegetsi Nshingategeko , Nyubahirizategeko n’ubutegetsi bw’Ubucamanza bwatandukana ku buryo bugaragara, hateganywe n’uko bwakuzuzanya, nta rwego rwihaye gucecekesha urundi (Principe de séparation nette des trois pouvoirs).

(2)Kugirango Demokarasi ishingiye ku ihame ryo « gusimburana ku butegetsi mu mahoro » (Principe d’alternance politique) ishobore gushinga imizi mu Rwanda, Repubulika ya kane izandikisha mu Itegekonshinga ko Manda ya Perezida wa Repubulika ari imyaka 5; ko nta mpamvu n’imwe yatuma umuntu yemererwa manda zirenze ebyiri; ko umuperezida uzagaragarwaho no gushakisha inzira zo guhabwa manda ya gatatu azahita afatwa agashyikirizwa ubutabera. Hazashyirwaho itegeko ritaganya icyo cyaha gikomeye cyane(crime contre l’Etat), rigene ibihano bikomeye bizahabwa nyirukugikora kandi ryerekane urukiko rudasanzwe ruzamuburanisha n’uzaruregera (la saisine).

(3)Ikipe y’Abaminisitiri izaba igizwe n’abantu 12 gusa. U Rwanda ni agahugu gato, ntigakeneye guverinoma y’abaminisitiri barenze uriya mubare duteganya.

(4)Inteko Ishingamategeko izaba igizwe n’umutwe umwe gusa w’Abadepite. Sena izavaho.

(5)Hazabaho uturere 36 tw’itora (circoscriptions électorales), muri buri karere hajye hatorwa Abadepite babiri . Abo bombi nibo bazaba bashinzwe by’umwihariko kuba abavugizi b’iterambere n’imibereho myiza y’abaturage bo mu karere bahagarariye kugira ngo hatabaho kwibagirana cyangwa kuryamirana hagati y’uturere.

(6) Hazashyirwaho Inama y’Ikirenga ishinzwe kurengera Itegekonshinga (Conseil Constitutionnel), igizwe n’abanyamategeko 6 b’umwuga, hakiyongeraho abakuru b’igihugu bacyuye igihe. Bazaba bashinzwe gukurikiranira hafi uko Itegekonshinga ryubahirizwa, bagenzure ko andi mategeko atarivuguruza, bakore ku buryo n’ibindi byemezo by’abategetsi banyuranye bitaribangamira . Bazajya bagira inama cyangwa basabire ibihano abategetsi batannye bagateshuka ku kubahiriza Itegekonshinga.

2. Tuzubaka Ubutabera bubereye Abanyarwanda.

(1)Dushingiye ku ihame ry’uko “Leta ikomeza igihe cyose” (Principe de continuité de l’Etat) Repubulika ya Kane yiteguye gusaba imbabazi ku mugaragaro kubera ibyaha bikomeye cyane Leta yakoreye Abanyarwanda kugeza ubu .

(2)Imfungwa zose za politiki zizahita zifungurwa . Abafungiye mu mahanga bazasabirwa kujyanwa mu Rwanda, ikibazo cyabo abe ariho cyigirwa.

(3)Abarenganyijwe n’ Inkiko z’Agatsiko bazarenganurwa.

(4)Tuzafatanya n’abanyarwanda bose, Loni n’Urukiko mpuzamahanga mpanabyaha, gushakisha, gufata no gushyikiriza ubutabera abantu bose bafite ibiganza bijejeta amaraso y’abanyarwanda n’abanyamahanga ;bityo tuzarandura burundu politiki yo kudahana yabaye agatereranzamba mu Rwanda.

(5) Hazategurwa Ibiganiro bihuza Abanyarwanda b’ingeri zose ku byerekeye IMBABAZI ZIDASANZWE cyangwa IBIHANO BYOROHEJE bishobora guhabwa abakoze ibyaha bikomeye, bakaba babyemera, bakaba babisabira imbabazi kandi bakaba biteguye gutanga umuganda wabo mu kubaka igihugu gishya.

3. Mu rwego rwo kwibuka amateka no gukumira umwiryane waranze igihugu cyacu, hazubakwa “INGORO Y’UBWIYUNGE” (Temple de la reconcilation), ishyingurwemo Abanyarwanda bose bazize intambara na jenoside guhera taliki ya 1/10/1990.

(1) Ababaye abakuru b’igihugu bose bazayishyingurwamo.

(2) Imirambo yose yandagaye mu Rwanda no mu mashyamba ya Kongo n’ahandi hashobora kumenyekana izatahurwa ishyigurwe mu cyubahiro muri iyo Ngoro y’Ubwiyunge.

(3)Abantu bazagaragaza ubutwari bukomeye kugeza bamennye amaraso yabo mu bikorwa bigamije gukuraho ingoma mpotozi y’Agatsiko, nabo bazayishyingurwamo.

4. Politiki y’UBUREZI izagirwa ISHINGIRO rya Repubulika.

(1) Abarimu bazitabwaho ku buryo bw’umwihariko kuko burya “Byose bitangirira mu ishuri” . Mwarimu azahabwa umushara ukwiye ahabwe n’ibikoresho bimufasha gutunganya inshingano ze kandi yongererwe agahimbazamuskyi n’andi mashimo anyuranye, ku bakora neza kurusha abandi.

(2) Abanyeshuri bose b’amashuri abanza n’ayisumbuye bazarihirwa na Leta.

(3)Kugira ngo uburere bw’abana biga mu mashuri yisumbuye ya Leta burusheho kugira ireme, bazacumbikirwa kandi bagaburirwe( Internat).

(4)Abanyeshuri b’amashuri makuru na Kaminuza bazahabwa buruse, inkunga cyangwa inguzanyo mu buryo bwubahirije amategeko, nta gusumbanya abana hashingiwe ku bwoko, akarere cyangwa ubutoni.

(5)Mu rwego rwo guha buri munyarwanda ubumenyi n’ubushobozi bwo kubona umurimo wamubeshaho , yatura mu Rwanda cyangwa mu mahanga , Leta izashyiraho amashuri y’imyuga ajyanye n’igihe tugezemo.

(6) Aho guhindura Urubyiruko nk’imfungwa mu Rwagasabo, hazabaho politiki rusange yo kuborohereza gusohoka mu gihugu bagiye gukora imirimo mu bihugu duturanye no mu mahanga ya kure hagamijwe kwinjiriza igihugu amadovize menshi yakoreshwa mu kubeshaho neza imiryango yabo no mu iterambere.

(7) Hazashyirwaho Ishuri rikuru ritegura ku buryo bwihariye abazaba abayobozi b’igihugu.

5.Gusaranganya imishinga y’amajyambere bizaba itegeko ridakuka:

(1) Buri Murenge uzahabwa umushinga-fatizo nibura umwe ushobora guhemba abantu 1000.

(2) Hazubakwa umuhanda mugari cyane (Autoroute) uhuza intara zose z’igihugu.

(3)Imyaka ibiri ya mbere ya manda yacu izaharirwa KWIYUBAKA kuri buri Munyarwanda :Nta Munyarwanda uzongera gusabwa imisoro ya hato na hato, abacuruzi ntibazasabwa amahooro. Iki cyemezo kizatuma igihugu gifunguka , abacuruzi bacu bakore neza ntacyo bikanga, abashoramari b’Abanyarwanda n’abanyamahanga bashishikarire kuzana imishinga yabo mu Rwanda. Igihugu cyacu kizahazamukira mu buryo bwihuse .

(4)Hazashyirwaho Komisiyo y’Igihugu yihariye ishinzwe gusuzuma ibibazo bijyanye no guha abana bose b’u Rwanda “Amahirwe Angana”( Commission Nationale Spéciale pour l’Egalité des Chances) : izarwanya ivangura iryo ariryo ryose mu gutanga akazi, amashuri, amashimwe….

(5)Imitungo y’igihugu yanyerejwe ikabitswa mu Rwanda cyangwa igahishwa mu mahanga izakurikiranwa na Leta, igarurwe mu gihugu.

6. Abihayimana b’amadini yose bakora imirimo ifitiye igihugu akamaro bazahembwa na Leta kandi bagire uruhare mu gucunga no gushyira mu bikorwa imishinga ya Leta ifitiye abaturage akamaro.

7. Amashyaka ya politiki azajya yemererwa gukorera mu gihugu nta mananiza.

Leta izajya itera amashyaka inkunga y’amafaranga akenewe muri gahunda z’ishyaka. Amashyaka azasabwa kugira uruhare rugaragara mu guhugura Abanyarwanda no kubatoza inzira iboneye ya demokarasi, kubasobanurira amategeko ariho mu gihugu n’imikorere y’ubucamanza.

8. Itangazamakuru ryigenga rizahabwa agaciro, rirengerwe n’amategeko y’igihugu kandi Leta iritere inkunga igaragara (guhugura abanyamakuru, imfashanyo y’amafaranga n’ibikoresho)

9. Hazashyirwaho umutwe w’ingabo ibihumbi bitanu gusa (5000) bazobereye mu byerekeye kurinda igihugu .

(1) U Rwanda ntiruzongera gushoza intambara mu bihugu duturanye.

(2) Ingabo zizakurwa mu giturage zituzwe mu bigo bya gisilikari bizwi kandi byemewe n’amategeko.

(3) Urubyiruko rwose rw’abahungu n’abakobwa rugejeje ku myaka 18 rubyemera ruzatozwa ibya gisilikari mu gihe cy’umwaka, mu rwego rwo kwitegura kwirwanaho u Rwanda ruramutse rutewe.

(4) Umutekano w’imbere mu gihugu uzarindwa na Polisi gusa.

(5)Abahoze mu ngabo z’igihugu bazoroherezwa kwinjira mu buzima busanzwe : Guhabwa indi imirimo, gusubizwa mu mashuri, kwigishwa imyuga izabafasha kubaho….

(6)Imitwe y’iterabwoba yiswe Abalokodifensi( Local Defense forces) n’Inkeragutabara izaseswa, kandi abayitwaje mu guhungabanya umutekano n’uburenganzira by’abaturage bakurikiranwe n’ubutabera.

10. Gucyura impunzi no gutuza abanyarwanda aheza bizitabwaho cyane.

(1)Abanyarwanda bose bagizwe Impunzi bazashishikarizwa gutaha ku bwende, bakirwe neza mu gihugu kandi bafashwe gusubirana imitungo yabo.

(2)Hazabaho politiki yizwe neza yo gutuza Abanyarwanda mu migi iciriritse irimo amazi meza n’amashanyarazi kugirango bashobore kwihangira imirimo kandi haboneke n’ubutaka butazuye bugenewe ubuhinzi n’ubworozi.

UMWANZURO

Ni nde se utabona ko ibi byemezo biri mu bushobozi bwacu kandi ko biramutse bishyizwe mu bikorwa, u Rwanda rwahindura isura, ikarushaho kuba nziza, mu gihe gito ?

Muri make, “philosophie” ibiri inyuma yagaragarira buri wese tuyihiniye muri izi ngingo uko ari umunani :

(1)Ishingiro ry’Igenabitekerezo(Idéologie) ry’Ishyaka Ishema ni izi ndangagaciro: UKURI-UBUTWARI-UGUSARANGANYA.

(2) Kugira ngo u Rwanda rugire umutekano nyawo, intwaro za kirimbuzi zigomba kugabanuka mu gihugu (démilitarisation).

(3) Iterambere Abanyarwanda bifuza si iryihariwe n’Agatsiko gato ahubwo ni irisangiwe na bose (Juste redistribution des richesses).

(4) Ishema ry’ubuyobozi bukunzwe n’abaturage, si ukwikanyiza, kunyereza no kwikubira, ahubwo ni ubutwari bwo kubungabunga no guteza imbere inyungu rusange (Sauvegarde de l’Intérêt général).

(5) Umutekano w’akarere kose k’Ibiyanga bigari ntuzatangwa na politiki ya mpatsibihugu na gashozantambara, ahubwo uzaturuka ku kubaha abaturanyi no gukorana nabo mu mahoro (politique d’intégration pacifique).

(6) Umubano mwiza n’amahanga ntushingirwa ku kwirarira, kwishongora no kuregaguzwa, ahubwo uzashingira imizi ku bushake bwacu bwo kubaka igihugu kitunyuze ariko tukanamenya kandi tukubahiriza inyungu z’abadutera inkunga.

(7) Ubwiyunge bw’Abanyarwanda ntibuzazanwa na disikuru z’ibinyoma n’ibaruzamibare rififitse ahubwo buzaturuka ku kureshya kw’abaturage bose imbere y’amategeko, guha urubyiruko amahirwe angana no guha rubanda ijambo ikavuga ikiyinyuze n’icyo igaya (liberté d’expression).

(8)Iyi gahunda yo kuzahura igihugu nishyirwa mu bikorwa uko yakabaye izakuraho burundu urwitwazo rw’umwiryane hagati y’Abahutu n’Abatutsi washenye byinshi.

Harakabaho u Rwanda rwigenga n’Abanyarwanda bahumeka ituze n’amahoro.

Chaste Gahunde

Umunyamabanga mukuru wungirije ushinzwe Itaramakuru n’itangazamakuru

Non violence active is the alternative chosen by Ishema party as the path towards Rwandan long lasting peace.

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On our struggle for Truth, Zeal and Sharing the national wealth, we, Ishema party have adopted the nonviolence approach inspired by the King Philosophy. I am pleased to share with the triple evils mentioned in the King Philosophy.

1. TRIPLE EVILS

The Triple Evils of POVERTY, RACISM and MILITARISM are forms of violence that exist in a vicious cycle. They are interrelated, all-inclusive, and stand as barriers to our living in the Beloved Community. When we work to remedy one evil, we affect all evils. To work against the Triple Evils, you must develop a nonviolent frame of mind as described in the “Six Principles of Nonviolence” and use the Kingian model for social action outlined in the “Six Steps for Nonviolent Social Change.”

Some contemporary examples of the Triple Evils are listed next to each item:

Poverty – unemployment, homelessness, hunger, malnutrition, illiteracy, infant mortality, slums…

“There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we now have the resources to get rid of it. The time has come for an all-out world war against poverty … The well off and the secure have too often become indifferent and oblivious to the poverty and deprivation in their midst. Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation. No individual or nation can be great if it does not have a concern for ‘the least of these.”

Racism – prejudice, apartheid, ethnic conflict, anti-Semitism, sexism, colonialism, homophobia, ageism, discrimination against disabled groups, stereotypes…

“Racism is a philosophy based on a contempt for life. It is the arrogant assertion that one race is the center of value and object of devotion, before which other races must kneel in submission. It is the absurd dogma that one race is responsible for all the progress of history and alone can assure the progress of the future. Racism is total estrangement. It separates not only bodies, but minds and spirits. Inevitably it descends to inflicting spiritual and physical homicide upon the out-group.”

Militarism – war, imperialism, domestic violence, rape, terrorism, human trafficking, media violence, drugs, child abuse, violent crime…

“A true revolution of values will lay hands on the world order and say of war- ‘This way of settling differences is not just.’ This way of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation’s homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into the veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love. A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”

Source: “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Boston: Beacon Press, 1967.

The text is available onhttp://www.thekingcenter.org/king-philosophy

To be continued.

United we Stand, Divided We Fall

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Some of the founders of ISHEMA Party:L-R: Mr Jean Baptiste Kabanda, France; Mr Chaste Gahunde, Guyana; Ms Claire Nadine Kasinge, Canada; Rev Fr Thomas Nahimana, France; Dr Deogratias Basesayabo, Belgique.

Inspired by our conscience and the love of our Motherland, we met, sat down and prayed together, we discussed and exchanged views and we concluded the following:

1. The image of our motherland, Rwanda, has been tarnished due to fratricide conflicts that have characterized Rwandans in the past.

2. All regimes from the kingdom to the republic have served the nation enormously in terms of territory expansion, the fight for and attainment of the independence, and attempted to trace a path towards economic development; but they failed to find a solution to the problem of conflicts fueled by politics of divisionism implemented by small groups formed based on ethnic and/or regional origin that controlled and misused national resources.

3. The Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF) that is in power since 1994 did not implement an administration that console the Rwandans after the war organized and led by the same RPF and ended up in genocide against Rwandans especially Tutsis.

4. On contrary RPF-Inkotanyi was immediately hijacked by a band of self-selected military formerly exiled in Uganda, a band that took over the economy, enthroned military terrorism in the nation and based politics on lies and senseless pride. The systems of Justice and national security turned into tools of victimization and oppression against the people in a manner never experienced before in our history.

5. The same band that operates like Italian Mafia blocked the political space, rigged elections, jailed journalists and reporters as well as politicians from the opposition killing some of them while the rest were forced into exile where they were hunted down as shown by different international reports such as Mapping Report inter alia.

6. The same band has continually committed crimes against humanity and wars crimes that pushed France and Spain to release international arrest warrants against more than fifty (50) leaders of Rwanda.

7. In 2012, European countries and the United States of America (USA) by stopping aids have testified that they shall not continue to overlook the mischief of Rwanda’s current leaders, the reason being that aids were used to fuel and finance wars in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). As a consequence, Rwandans are suffering in many ways: development projects have stopped, public servants are not paid, and hospitals are not offering the service, in few days students will not study any more.

8. After eighteen years spent sowing divisionism among Rwandans using genocide survivors as milking –cows for selfish interests, RPF’S administration has more than disgusted Rwandans and foreign counterparts. Instead of finding solutions to our big problems, the RPF’s clique has become itself the Rwandans’ biggest puzzle.

9. We, as Rwanda’s children who love our country, can neither remain indifferent nor keep silent while our beloved Motherland keeps losing the dignity it deserves. Therefore, after a three-day conclave in Paris, France; we declare the following:

1. We launch a new political party, Ishema ry’u Rwanda. In few words it shall be calledIshyaka Ishema/ Parti Ishema and Ishema party in three languages used in our country Kinyarwanda, French and English respectively.

2. We are prepared to work together with other well-wisher Rwandans who have the zeal to fight and dethrone the RPF clique without delay. After being given the power by the people we shall manage it to develop our country and give it the dignity within the Great lakes region of Africa and international arena.

3. We value more the peace process since it does not shed the blood of innocent people, and it respects human rights.

4. Very soon we will declare our political project aimed at the revision of institutions in order to them based democracy. We will also declare different projects of shared development we have conceived for Rwandans, we will let people know special plans we have for groups the most neglected such as:

a. Unemployed youth

b. Teachers and students from poor families that have been abandoned

c. Refugees

d. Those falsely judged by unjust courts of law of RPF clique.

5. We will never stop receiving ideas and wishes from the people.

United we stand…

Done at Paris, on the January 28^th, 2013

1. Father Thomas Nahimana

2. Mme Nadine Claire Kasinge

3. Mr Jean Baptiste Kabanda

4. Dr Déogratias Basesayabo

5. Mr Chaste Gahunde