PS-Imberakuri abandons quest for Presidency

GASABO - PS –Imberakuri, an opposition political party, has announced that it will not field a candidate in the August presidential polls. The move was announced yesterday by party president Christine Mukabunani, during a meeting that brought together all national committee members of the party at its headquarters in Kimironko, Gasabo District. According to Mukabunani, the party took the decision due to internal problems, which they want to solve before thinking of fielding a candidate to contest in the August polls. “Our party is still undergoing a re-building process after being nearly destroyed by its former president. We therefore want to concentrate on revamping it and bringing back the confidence among the members,” said Mukabunani. The party’s general assembly in March announced that Bernard Ntaganda the founding president had been relieved of his duties on grounds of spreading the Genocide ideology and divisionism. He however, continued claiming to be the official president, hence forming a break-away faction. “PS – Imberakuri is an opposition political party which openly speaks out on what is not going well in the country, but we insist that this has to be done through the right channels contrary to how Ntaganda was doing it,” Mukabunani explained. Mukabunani, however, did not declare which candidate they were going to support during elections. “We shall have to wait and see those who will be approved by the electoral commission, read their manifestos before choosing the one with good ideas that we can support.” So far, four candidates have declared their intentions to vie for the presidency in August. They include incumbent Paul Kagame (RPF), Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo (PSD), Prosper Higiro (PL) and Alivera Mukabaramba (PPC). Ends

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PS-Imberakuri abandons quest for Presidency