Genocide survivors have petitioned the UN Secretary General and U.S
President over remarks made by Jakaya Kikwete, the President of the
United Republic of Tanzania at the 21st African Union Summit on May
26th, 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
In his remarks, Kikwete is quoted to have called upon the Rwandan
government to "negotiate" with the Democratic Forces for the
Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), an issue that has raised anger among the
genocide survivors in and outside of Rwanda.
The FDLR rebel group is predominantly composed of members of the
Interahamwe militia and the Armed Forces of Rwanda, who carried out
the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and have continued to
conduct killings of innocent civilians in the Democratic Republic of
Congo.
During an enclosed meeting called by the UN Secretary General in Addis
Ababa, Kikwete is also reported to have argued that since Kinshasa was
in talks with the M23 rebels, then it was about time Kigali opened
negotiations with the FDLR rebels. Kikwete also pushed argument to
Uganda, stating that Uganda should do likewise with its Congo-based
rebel force, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
In a statement, released by Alice Umutoni, Vice Coordinator of the US-
based organizing committee of the 19th Commemoration of the Genocide
against Tutsi in Rwanda, the genocide survivors asked Kikwete to
openly apologize to all survivors of the genocide in Rwanda and
Rwandans in general, Congolese, Americans and many more people who
have suffered from the FDLR terrorism.
The Rwandan genocide survivors also argued that Kikwete was fully
aware of the atrocities committed by the FDLR in Rwanda and DR Congo,
and other rebels groups in Uganda, though he went ahead to make such
ridiculous remarks.
The petitioners stated that they were confident that the United States
of America would not support this kind of political dealings that act
as a setback to Rwanda's efforts to ensure peace in the DRC and the
region as a whole.
United States of America's leadership has made a commitment to fight
the international terrorism, and marked FDLR as a terrorist group, UN
also placed a five-million-dollar bounty on handing over some Rwandan
genocide perpetrators, including Sylvestre Mudacumura, the FDLR
supreme commander who is wanted by the International Criminal Court
(ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including
murder, rape, torture and attacking innocent civilians.
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