Lonzen Rugira
@lonzenrugira
Applied Policy Researcher | Academic |Public Affairs Commentary| A critical mass for an introspective Africa|The Conscience is the guiding compass.
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Dear #Rwandans ,I deeply appreciate all those who voted for me as President & for voting the โฆDemocratic Green Party of Rwanda ๐ท๐ผโฉ into โฆRwanda Parliamentโฉ .We will continue to strive for the betterment of our country #Rwanda & participatory democracy. #Rwot โฆโฆNational Electoral Commission | Rwandaโฉ
Lonzen Rugira In fact it is the West's idea of democracy that is in decline all across the Global South. It is in similar decline in the Collective West. As for Africans, we finally realise only organic democracy aligned to our history, circumstances and needs is what we need, not copy-paste.
EDITORIAL: ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ; ๐๐ฐ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ "The clarity Rwandans have shown about what they want from their leaders seems to offend those who, as teachers of democracy,
Lonzen Rugira Counting the number of times the President has had to intervene in matters that should have been dealt with swiftly a long time ago might be a good place to start the introspection.
Mukiza Lonzen Rugira Nope, what the Parliamentary elections demonstrate is that the President is more trusted than the FPR-Inkotanyi. In fact, the party benefits from the President's coat-tails, not the other way round. Which is why we need urgent soul-searching as a first step towards self-renewal.
Robert Cyubahiro McKenna Kennedy Wandera Magnus Mazimpaka Edwin Musoni Isabelle T2 I take issue with discussions taking place in an environment that treats Ingabire as legitimate opposition. It's as if Africans have learned nothing from the history of Rwanda. What did Lonzen Rugira say about the need for a common base of knowledge to enable meaningful