A thank you note from Theogene Rudasingwa
By Theogene Rudasingwa
May 28, 2012
Thank you, my friends for your concern. I do
appreciate.
Here is a lesson we learn from this episode: truth is
both a POWERFUL and DANGEROUS weapon. It is dangerous because it is disruptive.
Once we speak truth to power-as in 1959, 1973, 1990 and now in 2012-our society
is gripped with fear and change. It is also dangerous because it often has
unintended consequences. It is powerful because in face of truth, empires and
tyrannies have finally crumbled as a stack of cards.
My lesson from the temporary presence on a list of
the accused in the Iowa
This could only happen when we begin to embrace truth
and invest in a "trust account" among us Rwandans. Truth is a
multiplier that increases trust among us. With trust, together we can imagine
and build a better future for all of us-Hutu, Tutsi and Twa: one united nation,
of free men and women, democratic, peaceful and prosperous. That is what our
children and grandchildren expect from us. Nothing less.
This is what RNC and the peaceful revolution we are
involved in is all about. Previous revolutions have produced winners and losers,
but at the end we have all become losers. We are trying to convince Kagame and
a small group of people under him to make a choice. They can abandon the
fruitless and dangerous course of resisting peaceful change. Together, we could
become the most free and the most forgiving nation in history. Alternatively,
Kagame et al might choose to continue to resist peaceful change, and rely on
brutal force, deception and lies like all dictators before him. This path leads
to unnecessary and preventable violence and bloodshed. Even on this violent
path he will inevitably emerge as the loser, and , like all dictators before
him, he will be assigned a shameful seat on the dung heap of history.
Can we unleash maximum peaceful revolutionary energy
to make all Rwandans winners?
posted by Mamadou Kouyate @ 6:04 PM
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