DATE=1/11/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-225095
TITLE=RWANDA WAR CRIMES (L ONLY)
BYLINE=DIANNA CAHN
DATELINE=BUTARE, RWANDA
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: UGANDAN PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI HAS BEEN IN RWANDA FOR
WHAT OFFICIALS CALL ROUTINE CONSULTATIONS WITH NEIGHBORS. HE MET
WITH RWANDAN PRESIDENT PASTEUR BIZIMUNGU AND VICE PRESIDENT PAUL
KUGAME. BEFORE RETURNING HOME, PRESIDENT MUSEVENI ADDRESSED
STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA IN THE SOUTHERN BUTARE
REGION. DIANNA CAHN REPORTS HE TOLD THEM THE KEY TO
RECONCILIATION FOLLOWING THE 1994 GENOCIDE IS JUSTICE.
TEXT: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI HAS A RECIPE FOR TROUBLED RWANDA: HANG
THE HUTU REBELS WHO PLANNED AND ORGANIZED THE 1994 GENOCIDE OF
NEARLY ONE-MILLION TUTSIS AND MODERATE HUTUS -- AND SEVERELY
PUNISH THOSE WHO CARRIED OUT THE GHASTLY PLANS NATIONWIDE.
/// MUSEVENI ACT ///
AFRICA MUST INSIST ON HANGING THESE PEOPLE. YOU KILL
SIX OF MY CHILDREN YOU CAN BE SURE I WILL KILL YOU. IF
THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT KILL YOU, I WILL KILL YOU
MYSELF...AND THE SOONER THE BETTER.
/// END ACT ///
HE SAYS THE DEATH PENALTY MUST ALSO BE APPLIED AT THE
INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL IN ARUSHA, TANZANIA, WHERE
SEVERAL KEY PLAYERS OF THE GENOCIDE FACE A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF
LIFE IN PRISON. MR. MUSEVENI SAYS THE DEATH PENALTY IS THE ONLY
WAY TO PACIFY THE FURY OF RWANDA'S GENOCIDE SURVIVORS, AND TO
BRING ABOUT RECONCILIATION OF THE COUNTRY'S HUTU AND TUTSI
POPULATIONS.
/// MUSEVENI ACT ///
TO START WITH THE INITIAL "P" -- TO PUNISH -- THOSE WHO
WERE THE MASTERMINDS OF THIS HISTORIC CRIME.
/// END ACT ///
MR. MUSEVENI SAYS IF THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IS STOPPED, RWANDA CAN
EMBARK ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THIS TINY AFRICAN COUNTRY.
AFRICA'S FUTURE IS IN INDUSTRIALIZATION, SAYS PRESIDENT MUSEVENI,
AND HE ADVISES RWANDA TO LIBERALIZE ITS ECONOMY AND OPEN ITS
MARKET TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
AS FOR JUSTICE, PRESIDENT MUSEVENI OFFERED TO ASSIST RWANDA WITH
ATTORNEYS OR OTHER MANPOWER TO HELP SPEED UP THE JUDICIAL PROCESS
OF TRYING THE ESTIMATED 125-THOUSAND PRISONERS IN RWANDA'S JAILS.
(SIGNED)
NEB/DC/DW/RAE
11-Jan-98 12:31 PM EST (1731 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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