Rwanda: Kagame The Only Original RPF Left Standing With Departure Of Rutaremara
Tito Rutaremara and General Paul Kagame recall the novel Frankenstein by the English author Mary Shelley. The story is about a man who built a human-like monster in his laboratory. The result was disastrous for both the monster and the person who built it. The monster was initially warm and kind, seeking to learn. But after the monster was rejected and mistreated by its creator and society, the monster turned to revenge. The main victim of the monster’s revenge was, in fact, the man who built it. The monster soon murdered his creator’s relatives.
Tito Rutaremara, the monster creator
According to Tito Rutaremara, there is only one person in Rwanda who is visionary, organized and capable of saving the country – Kagame. In so saying, Rutaremara is taking well-deserved credit for creating a monster. We can cite five historical moments when Rutaremara perfected his creation.
- The early years of unchecked authoritarianism and mysteriously deaths of many leaders of the Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF), 1990 – 1994. Tito Rutaremera was the mobilizer-in-chief who fully supported his monster without question. The mysterious death of the entire RPF military leadership in 1990 took place under Rutaremara’s watch. Rutaremera was RPF’s Secretary General from 1987 to 1993.
- The humiliation and removal of President Pasteur Bizimungu, 1997 – 2000. This was the time Rutaremara was the senior most and intellectual leader of RPF in the Transitional National Assembly advocating Kagame’s total control and removal of President Bizimungu. When the then Vice President Kagame made himself Chairman of RPF, and reduced President Bizimungu to Kagame’s deputy, Rutaremara cheered and plotted along.
- The writing of the constitution, 2000 – 2003. The 2003 Rwandan Constitution was Rutaremara’s masterpiece. Rutaremara was the Chairman of Legal & Constitutional Commission that wrote the constitution. The constitution handed over to Kagame all branches of government – effectively killing any notions of separation of powers between the executive, legislative and the judiciary. Kagame would now appoint and dismiss all public officials in Rwanda. Rutaremara turned Kagame into the King of Rwanda.