{"id":29358,"date":"2016-10-12T06:04:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T06:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/demanding-ingabire-retrial-is-contemptuous\/"},"modified":"2017-02-28T18:37:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T18:37:24","slug":"demanding-ingabire-retrial-is-contemptuous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/demanding-ingabire-retrial-is-contemptuous\/","title":{"rendered":"Demanding Ingabire retrial is contemptuous-Minister Busingye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{The Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Johnston Busingye has rejected recently released resolutions of European Union parliament which criticized Rwanda\u2019s judiciary and called for the revision of the trial of Ingabire Victoire.}<\/p>\n<p>Minister Busingye has made the remarks today as he received instruments of power from the recently phased out Ministry of Internal Security.    <\/p>\n<p>The European Union parliament on 5th October 2016 released resolutions criticizing Rwanda\u2019s judiciary in the trial of Ingabire Victoire. The resolutions were followed by the visit of eight EU parliamentarians to Rwanda from 19th to 22nd September, 2016. <\/p>\n<p>Minister Busingye has rejected the resolutions as false, describing what EU parliament did as \u2018contempt\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is contempt. We don\u2019t know that path in the process of appeal. The European Union is not a path for the appeal. Our courts respect laws granted by the Constitution. It can\u2019t happen that a passerby can at anytime ask courts for a retrial and it goes into effect . That is disdain,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201c Our parliament had enough time to respond on it and it is mixing politics which is impossible. What should be the basis for such request? How is that process called? Is it appeal, defense, or request\u2026How is that process called? Wondered Minister Busingye. <\/p>\n<p>If a person is tried through all instances of Rwanda\u2019s courts up to the Supreme Court, how do they come to ask for a retrial? In which court? I don\u2019t know any appeal of her kept anywhere. How can such appeal from any passerby or friend of her be called?, \u201cqueried  Minister Busingye.  <\/p>\n<p>The trial of Ingabire Victoire started in 2010. The High Court handed her a 8 year sentence over treason, threatening national security, terrorism and undermining the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, Ingabire appealed to the Supreme Court where her appeal was rejected and received a sentence of extra 7 years. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-15671 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/busingye_mmm.jpg\" alt=\"The Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Johnston Busingye\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Johnston Busingye has rejected recently released resolutions of European Union parliament which criticized Rwanda\u2019s judiciary and called for the revision of the trial of Ingabire Victoire.} Minister Busingye has made the remarks today as he received instruments of power from the recently phased out Ministry of Internal Security. 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