Since
the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) was able to achieve victory in July
1994, they were able to form a government called the “The Broad Based
Government of National Unity” while President Habyarimana was in power. Paul Kagame was sworn in April 22, 2000. This was considered the “first
nonviolent presidential change in the country’s history”. On May 26, 2003,
there was a “new constitution that got rid of the reference to ubwoko.” Ubwoko means the clans. I
thought was big deal because a lot of the Rwanda genocide had to do with what the
clans people were in with the whole power difference. This also was a stepping-stone to the election in August
and September of 2003. This led to the election of President Paul Kagame in
August 25,2003 for a 7 year term and soon after, he was re-elected again in August
2010 and he’s still the President of Rwanda. There is 8 different political
parties and the party of the Democratic Republican Party (MDR) is slowly disperse since 1994 but after every election there has been trends of a new party is forming. For
example: After the Presidency election of Kagame, a 9th party was formed. Then
in the spring of 2006 after the elections for the Chambers of Deputies there was a 10th
party formed. In Chambers of Dupties, the
women hold most of the seats (more than half 45 out of 80 seats). It’s also interesting to note that after the re-election of
President Kagame, there was more violence even though he won 93% of the votes
from the people. “An unexplained murder of the vice president of the unregistered Democratic Green Party who
was expecting to registered but backfired.
Now it seems like RPF is in full control of the country with all the
“wins” they have from elections like a recent one in the spring 2011 for the
Senator. There are still challenges that the government is dealing with the individuals
involving the genocide, long-term commitment for partnerships and development
within the country and the government. These challenges are slowly getting
better and the political agenda is for the development of the country to
become more stable, which is happening since the poverty percent went down 12%.
This impact’s the country’s government because the development of the government
facing these challenges are becoming more positive even though Rwanda had a
negative past.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16694130
Source of Information:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2861.htm#gov
