H.E. Barrack Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
NW Washington, DC 20500
Object: Pleading with you to pressure President Paul Kagame
to accept dialogue with his political foes that will bring peace in the Great
Lakes Region of Africa.
Mr. President,
The Refugees Rescue Mission (RRM) is a Christian non-profit
organization that was founded in North Carolina in January 2009 by the refugees
from Rwanda and Americans who passionately sought to improve lives of refugees
who came as strangers in this great nation.
What we had in common as refugees was the loss our loved
ones, and fleeing our beloved nation for our own safety. Nevertheless, we never
forgot other refugees we left behind on the African continent, which is why we
founded the RRM.
Mr. President,
Since October 1, 1990, when the Rwandan Patriotic Front
(RPF) and its military wing Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) invaded the Rwanda
from Uganda, people in the Great Lakes region have been suffering, and continue
suffering today. The victory of the RPF/RPA did not bring peace and stability
in Rwanda nor in our region, but it fueled endless wars in the Democratic
Republic of Congo.
President Paul Kagame and his inner-circle believe that the
barrel of the gun, demonizing their political foes, and killing and arresting
their dissidents could achieve victory and political control in Rwanda and the
whole region. For the last 19 years, these practices failed, but they caused
more pain and loss of lives of innocent people in our region.
On May 26, 2013 during the African Union Summit, H.E.
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete made historical remarks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
that global dialogue was the only way to assure durable peace in our region. He
called for the Rwanda government to start dialogues with the Democratic
Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and the Ugandan government to have dialogue
with the Ugandan rebels of the ADF who are based in the DRC.
Mr. President,
The government of Rwanda has vehemently opposed any language
of political dialogue. The government used its voices such as IBUKA association
and the pro-government newspapers to launch a smear campaign against H. E.
Kikwete and his statement he made in good faith.
Mr. President,
We are pleading to you on behalf of millions of Rwandans,
Congolese, and thousands of refugees in our region to use the United States’
leverage to pressure Paul Kagame and his regime to accept unconditional
political dialogue with the FDLR and other political organizations that oppose
the Rwandan government. We
believe that the balance of power between Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda will be
the only way to end Rwanda’s intrusion into the DRC.
The Rwandan government had sown the seed of wars and terror
in our whole region by using proxy forces in the DRC for the last 17 years, and
this has caused humanitarian disaster.
All the Rwandan refugees live in fear because the regime of Paul Kagame
has stretched its muscles beyond the Rwandan borders in killing anyone who
oppose the regime. The UN Exercise Mapping report on the DRC (1993-2003), the
attempted assassination of Lt. Gen. Kayumba Nyamwasa, and the hunting of
refugees in London, England are few examples among many.
Mr. President,
We are asking you to support the paradigm President Kikwete
laid down during the African Union Summit because it will be the only way to
achieve peace in our region of Great Lakes of Africa.
We thank you so much Mr. President for your understanding
and cooperation on this serious matter.
Sincerely,
The Reverend Innocent Ndagijimana Justice, Founder and
President
CC
H.E. David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of Republic of Tanzania
H.E. Jacobo
Zuma, President of Republic of South Africa
H.E. Joseph Kabange Kabila, President of the Democratic
Republic of Congo
Excellency Ban Ki-moon, The General Secretary of the United
Nations
Excellency Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the
African Union Commission.
Parliament of Tanzania
Secretary General of the European Union
Hi Tom,
ReplyDeleteI'd like to thank you for all the articles and good work you keep doing by informing people about the truth to the ongoing civil war in Central Africa. You are very collect. If the World doesn't stop Rwanda and their criminal acts, they will never stop. they've been killing innocent civilians since 1990 and they seem to enjoy the blood.
I know that many people know the truth and some of them can't handle it. But this can't stop us to pressure the criminals to stop what they are doing.
thank you again and keep up the good work.