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Rwanda Has Its Own Problems And Never Sought To Blame Others Or Cause Others Trouble. I Advise Burundi To Do The Same.

I Am Not Responsible For Creating An Opposition, Neither Am I Responsible For Appointing My Own Successor. My Job Is To Allow For The Opposition To Exist Within What The Realms Of The Law. There Is Space In Rwanda For Political Parties - If Fact We Have About A Dozen Of Them - As Long As Their Objective Is Not To Take Us Back Twenty Two Years. On That Point, We Are And Will Always Be Very Vigilant.

The Efficiency Of A President At The Beginning Of His Term Depends On Their Capacity To Get Everything Under Control. That Was My Case. But Once The Institutions Have Been Put In Place, And The Responsibilities Delegated, The Leader Becomes A Reference, A Referee, A Symbol And Unifying Figure For The Nation. The Issue Is How And When To Recognize The Moment When Staying In Power Becomes Counterproductive.

I Had To Fight Hard For Everything. I Wanted To Get Out. I Want To Take My Destiny Into My Own Hands And Escape The Vicious Cycle Of Retaliatory Violence. This Struggle Has Shaped Who I Am To This Day.

Reconciliation Takes Time. Sometimes Many Decades, As The Example Of Europe Shows. It Is Hard Work.