Democracy in Rwanda

INTRODUCTION

“Democracy is not something we get without effort. We must always fight for  democracy, otherwise we lose it…..”  Paul Auster

Acquiring democracy is a slow and long process. It is not acquired at once; it is built over several generations. All the stakeholders, particularly the politicians, the civil society, and the people in general, have a role to play every day over a long period.

Since its independence, the political speeches of the Rwandan politicians and the international community insist on the need to set up an appropriate democratic system to solve governance problems in Rwanda. Half a century has gone by without any noticeable satisfactory improvement of the situation. All the regimes claimed always that they were democratic. Here, one could wonder if there are many types of democracies…