Rwanda: FDU-Inkingi Finally Due To Arrive In Rwanda For Elections Preparations

By RNA Reporter
January 5, 2010

The Dutch-based opposition group which has already named its presidential candidate for the August 2010 elections is due in the country within two weeks, RNA can reveal.

A United Democratic Forces-Inkingi (FDU-Inkingi) high-level team, including leader Ms. Victoire Umuhoza Ingabire, are scheduled to arrive in the country to start preparations for the polls.

The polls will take place on August 09 with two candidates already who have declared their intention to take part. They are Ms. Ingabire and Mr. Ntaganda, Bernard of the Social Party-Imberakuri – which is in the country. President Kagame is most likely to be the flag bearer of the ruling Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) after it overwhelmingly voted him last month as its leader for other term.

FDU-Ikingi has been at the center of a lengthy controversy over passports for its members. Early last year, the group submitted applications for the passports but only a few got them. Immigration officials in Rwanda told RNA that passport decisions are made on a case-by-case basis. “We do not give passports to political parties,” said Ms. Anaclet Kalibata, head of the Immigration Department.

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