Kagame was speaking yesterday in Kigali at the members of the party’s political bureau which had convened to approve the list of flag bearers for the September Parliamentary Elections.
The bureau approved a list of 70 candidates representing RPF and will be joined by ten candidates from coalition parties. Meanwhile, RPF will send a list of 80 candidates at National Electoral Commission.
Kagame reminded that the RPF representatives will not represent the party alone, but will represent Rwandans in general.
He said that the parliament is not made of RPF, hence it has other parties, a reason why they should work together to take the country where it wants to be.
“Working together is key. We must embrace unity irrespective of differences in political ideologies based on our party affiliation. The transformation journey of our country is shaped by unity among political actors,” he said.
Kagame said that parliament plays an oversight role of government activities, a reason why parliamentarians must ensure that the obligations of members of the government will be implemented.
“We must comprehend our task at hand to be able to achieve what we set out to do. It’s not just about continuing from where your predecessors will stop. You must increase the momentum,” he urged.
“It should not be ‘business as usual’. That is not how RPF operates. You must represent the people in the true sense of it,” he added.
Kagame told aspirants to always think about the consequences of their job because when it is poorly implemented, it affects people.
He said that Rwanda being entrusted and tasked to conduct the reforms of the African Union (AU), is the potential that has been observed in them.
“We should not disappoint people who put their trusted in us,” he said.
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