For Interim party president Mr. Frank Habineza: "Someone is sabotaging us."
"Imagine all the expenses we have incurred. I really cannot explain who is behind all this," he furiously shouts as he speaks to reporters. "This really is a sad day for democracy in this country."
The smartly dressed female party officials keep loitering around to calm their seemingly frustrated sympathizers. In a corner, one official -- looking disturbed slams a bunch of books on a table, when RNA put to her that the party should write another letter for permission as requested by the mayor.
"We are tired of this kind of way of doing things in this country," she dismissively says. "No one seems to be able to tell you the truth. This one says the other is responsible, the other says the next one is responsible."
(Last updated, by the RNA, Tuesday, 10.02.2009.)
(Last updated, by the RNA, Tuesday, 10.02.2009.)
Two days after publication, "A sad day for democracy in Rwanda," became inaccessible on the state run Rwandan News Agency (RNA), as did other stories about suppression of the Rwandan Democratic Greens. At 8:00 A.M. PST, on 10.06.2009, the web page where the story had been still read: "You are not authorized to view this resource," http://www.rnanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2073&Itemid=1. In a SKYPE conversation, from California to Rwanda, party co-founder and leader Frank Habineza told me that the RNA's editor was under "big pressure."
Neither I nor others received the e-mail verification promised after attempting to register on the RNA website to gain access. In an e-mail response to a subsequent inquiry, sent to rna@rwanda1.com, the RNA said that I would have to subscribe, but offered me no form for doing so, despite my request for one. Other, officially approved RNA content remains readily accessible at http://www.rnanews.com/.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 06, October 2009 )
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