the rpp message of commemorating the 21st anniversary of the rwanda genocide against the tutsis
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THE RPP MESSAGE OF COMMEMORATING THE 21ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE RWANDA
GENOCIDE AGAINST THE TUTSIS
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logoTUESDAY, 07 APRIL 2015Fellow Rwandans, today, the seventh of
April, is the twenty-first anniversary of the most horrific
systematic genocide of modern times. The terror, agony and
suffering our people faced during that, time was immeasurable. We
gather here to mourn today for every drop of innocent blood that
shed, every life that was lost and every family that wept. Today,
I, and my party, the Rwanda Peoples Party, join millions of
Rwandans and friends of Rwanda, to commemorate the 21st Anniversary
of the 1994 Rwanda genocide perpetrated against the Tutsis.My
Beloved Rwandans, today, is a day to remember the 100 days of
harrowing scenes and abominable, violence in which 1,000,050 Tutsis
and moderate Hutus lost their lives. It is a day to share the
sorrows, pains and experiences of 500,000 heroic women and girls
that have lived a life with HIV-AIDS as result of brutal rapes
committed during these shameful 100 days. These 45,000 females have
courageously fought against the psychological pain, mental anguish,
shame and prejudice that plague their lives, even today. The
children they bore will grow up as orphans, not knowing their
fathers; they too bear the scars of the indescribable rapes that
ripped their mothers lives apart on an industrial scale, during the
infamous 100 days of genocide.Such is the jolting truth! We grieve,
today, at this horrendous calculated crime against humanity.We
remember the millions of Rwandans that survived the horrors,
afflicted by permanent physical and mental disabilities. We offer
our support to all those Rwandans who suffered trauma due to the
tragedies of the 100 black days that destroyed our country. Today,
we commemorate the 21st anniversary of the genocide of Tutsis.
Today we renew our vow to all Rwandans that survived these
tragedies. We love you and that Never, and never again will the
tragic events of the 100 days that scarred our country and left so
many traumatized happen again in our beloved Rwanda. We will miss
the victims of the genocide and never forget them, to this extent,
our heart goes out to all our families, relatives, friends,
neighbours and to Rwandans from every background that were
devastated in the 100 days of grim darkness of genocide.We are
utterly at a loss to understand the genocides cause. Why would
anyone wish to hurt the innocent, especially, pregnant women,
toddlers, children, elderly, the sick and all the defenseless
people that were not a part of the Rwandan civil war, in such a
dreadful and barbarous way? Fellow Rwandans, reflections on and the
memories of the 2400 grim hours of the 1994 genocide of the
innocent still haunt our mind. However, these dark thoughts and
memories have not destroyed our moral values. Our humanity has not
and never will darken our moral judgment and caused us to forget
out social and political obligations. The 1994 genocide against
Tutsi, it is something that we are compelled to live with on a
daily basis and a burden that we must bear, during our working
hours and leisure time. Our wounds are still healing but the 1994
tragedies have scared us forever.My fellow citizens, the example of
the Rwandan genocide against Tutsi, should have taught the world
the dangers of lies, discrimination and hatred. Yet the world has
not learned these lessons from our nations great tragedy.
Intolerance and hate still goes on-and-about unpunished. You are
all familiar with the recent incidence involving Racist soccer fans
on the Paris METRO where an innocent person, who was returning home
from an honest days work. They tormented, abused and physically
prevented him from boarding a train. He did not abuse anyone, cause
a disturbance or in any way provoke the attack. Fellow Rwandans,
the perpetrators of that despicable crime, on the Paris METRO knew
that no one would ever question their right to dispel the rights of
others because they are of a different race to them. They singled
out the victim, abused, tormented and endured mental rape because
of the colour of his skin and this is an everyday occurrence in
many so-called tolerant Western countries.Another example of the
intolerable attitude towards non-western cultures in Europe and the
Western World has been the recent BBC libel on Rwanda and its
deliberate distortion of our history and our sufferings. I believe,
you also, were shocked at the appalling and indescribable Rwanda
Untold Story This is a story planted and cultivated by the A false
Prophets that has so recklessly re-opened so many old wounds. In
this program, there was nothing but contempt for the Rwandan people
and the BBC spat on the graves of our loved ones. Like the Racist
Train Thugs on the Paris METRO, the culprits believe that they will
remain free from punishment for their hateful and deeply offensive
words. Indeed, they will never face the rule of law. However,
because of their needless agitation and rewriting of Rwandan
history, to suit their taste and those with a sinister agenda, the
BBC will always stand accused of malpractice and dishonesty in the
eyes of all true Rwandans. The incidents on the Paris METRO and the
BBC are examples of the continuing western sense of superiority
towards all those who are not from the west. A streak of
intolerance runs deep in the Western societies. Some of the old
colonial attitudes persist with regard to non-Western people.
The twenty-one years since the 1994 genocide, have been a living
hell for many of us. Yet beyond Rwanda, there are men and women
that have exploited our tears, our sorrow and the victims of the
genocide for their own gain. The genocide deniers and revisionists
have exploited our sufferings and have been spreading their lies
throughout our region and in most of the European and American
capitals for their own selfish reasons. They have attacked the
victims and survivors of the Genocide and they are inciting a new
genocide.
Fellow Rwandans, I do not need to remind you, of those grantee men
and women that permanently, live with the horrors of the genocide
after being maimed or disabled. As our moral duty, we remember
those who suffered because of the Genocide. We cannot endure the
unbearable consequences again. Do not ignore the millions of
genocide survivors who lost their beloved ones, whose wounds are
just starting to heal. Groups such as the BBC, reopen the harsh
chapters of life callously and maliciously. They believe that they
are always above the rule of law and morality. As long as their
criminality falls on people beyond the western world, this problem
remains unsolved.
Fellow Rwandans, the past 21 years have been so difficult and
painful for those of us who lost our siblings, mothers, fathers,
grandparents, friends and neighbours. The campaign, to turn the
victims into aggressors and twisting our history is taking its toll
upon the survivors. However, I would like to tell you that this is
not new. It is has been the norm and a tradition for intolerant
people to deny the reality of genocides, throughout history. Even,
today, many Europeans deny that there was genocide against the
Jews, such as those who vandalized and desecrated the graves of
Jews some 60 years after the Holocaust. Hatred of Jews and the
denial of the Holocaust are still alive and strong. Therefore,
there is sadly nothing new or unique when people deny that there
was genocide in Rwanda. We know the truth our dead loved ones and
those who live with the scars of the 100 days are witnesses to the
reality of the genocide.
Fellow Rwandans, we all know they killed, tortured and raped our
people most cruelly. They suffered many indignities. Nevertheless,
today, we remember the dead with great dignity and solemnity.
Fellow Rwandans, let us not make the mistake to believe that the
100 days of shame and brutality that turned Rwanda into a vast
graveyard will happen again or not remembered. Let us make this
clear, that the 100 days that saw 500,000 Rwandan women raped on an
industrial scale, is firmly the past, forever. Let us emphasize
that those grime 100 days in which 45,000 Rwandan children were
born as result of rape will never return. We must all stay alert,
strong and firm so that the tragic decades when people lived in
fear and terror, and were labeled and graded into Category one and
Category two are long gone. This labeling was a feature of the
White South African apartheid regime or the era of slavery where
Africans were traded as commodities. Let us be clear and definite,
that those terrifying times of indignities, anguish, tears,
sorrows, segregation and fears are now compounded, crippled and
consigned to our history and they will never return to Rwanda. No
matter, the dangers or threats, we will always have the strength to
prevent a repeat of that Genocide in our homeland.Fellow Rwanda,
let us stand firm to say Never, and never again to the politics of
hate, ethnicity, fear, terror and genocide ideology that continues
to be woven into the fabric of our society. I truly believe we are
at a time that represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity and
that once it is taken; we will never look at Rwandan society in the
same way again, and will be very different from the society of
twenty-one years ago.Fellow Rwandans, we will not fail you!We will
never turn our back on you. We will always do whatever it takes.
The memory of our dead and the terrible carnage inflicted on our
country and people, will always give us strength and the courage to
protect our country. Fellow Rwandans, let me make a promise to
you.If we fail to preserve the dignity of the Rwandan people and
the memory of the victims, if we fail to give justice to the
innocent dead, if we prove unable to protect all Rwandans from any
threat posed to them, then there is no legitimate reason for our
desired place in public life. We will exclude ourselves from
participation in the Rwandan political system. The RPP is dedicated
to the protection of the human rights and freedom of all
Rwandans.Fellow Rwandans, the RPP will bring to justice those
responsible for piling shame on our country and drowning our nation
in blood. There is no time limit in our quest for justice. Let no
one have any illusions about this. We will not rest until we have
brought every murderer, rapists and criminal, especially the
ringleaders, involved in the orchestrating, execution and
supervising of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi to justice. My
fellow citizens, my party and I, the Rwanda Peoples Party, on the
21st Anniversary of the genocide join the citizens and friends of
Rwanda to Commemorate the 21 years of the Rwandan genocide against
the Tutsis.May God bless you.
Thank you.
John V Karuranga, PresidentRwanda Peoples
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