PRESS RELEASE N° 006/P.S.IMB/010
Following the surprised attack led by the Commander of the Police of the City of Kigali accompanied with the Representative of the Police of the District of Nyarugenge on Wednesday May 26, 2010;
Given such a notorious misjudgment by the policemen who tried to enter the permanence of our party on May 26, 2010 allegedly in order to conduct searches without a formal warrant; With reference to a malicious plan aimed at arresting and jailing Me NTAGANDA Bernard, the Chairman of the Social Party IMBERAKURI; The Social Party IMBERAKURI leadership would like to inform the Rwandan population and the international community in general and the IMBERAKURI in particular, the following:
Article 1 :
On May 26, 2010, a huge number of policemen led by the Commander of the police in the City of Kigali accompanied with the Representative of the police of the District of Nyarugenge tried to enter the party’s permanent office to conduct searches without a formal warrant. They alleged that Me NTAGANDA Bernard is no longer the party’s chairman as this was aired on State Radio and published by the Imvaho, a government newspaper, and that Me NTAGANDA Bernard should therefore not be allowed to hold such a press conference. It is important to recall that such an irresponsible act has caused unrest and confrontations with militants of the Social Party IMBERAKURI who had come to participate in a press conference on that day. Shortly following the incident, the situation returned to normal and the party’s press conference continued as scheduled. However, the police continued the siege at the party’s permanent office until 7:00 pm.
Article 2 :
Such a shameful act that violates Rwanda’s constitutional rights was characterized by police meddling into political activities and dishonored the country’s police and the Kigali regime as well. Following such an incident, starting on Friday, May 28, 2010 the Rwandan police are tirelessly engaged in a real man hunt operations against Me NTAGANDA Bernard on the pretext that he might have sequestered journalists who attended the party’s press conference on May 26, 2010 an act that is punishable under the provision 388 of the current Rwanda’s criminal law.
Article 3 :
Such a malicious plan was hatched by the Rwandan Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the Rwandan Police headquarters on Thursday, May 27, 2010 when some journalists were summoned by the police spokesperson, Eric KAYIRANGA, and were forced by the police to sign a letter (clik to read it) accusing Me NTAGANDA Bernard and his fellow party members, the IMBERAKURI, of having sequestered these journalists. It is important to remind the public that Eric KAYIRANGA, the police spokesperson, had already accused the Social Party IMBERAKURI of the similar crime before coercing these journalists according to the declaration he made in evening of Wednesday May 26, 2010, the day on which our party’s press conference took place, responding to a question by a journalist from City Radio who was wondering why the Rwandan Police continue to meddle into our party’s political activities.
Article 4 :
The Social Party IMBERAKURI leadership urges its fellow members, the IMBERAKURI to completely reject the culture of fear and stand up as one person to valiantly defend ideals of their political party which continues to be hurt in the most abject ways by the Kigali regime and its ruling party, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF).
Article 5 :
The Social Party IMBERAKURI leadership takes this opportunity to call upon the International community and Rwanda’s donors to impose a diplomatic and economic embargo to the current regime in Kigali as long as it will continue to stifle basic democratic principles and to excel in massive human rights violations. Your assistance will be a clear testimony that you are activists of the truth, the IMBERAKURI!!!
Done at Kigali, 30th May 2010
Maître NTAGANDA Bernard
(Signed)
PS-IMBERAKURI
Founder Chairman and Presidential Candidate.
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