Throughout this week just ending, this website has reported a series of events chronicling the case of the request for the revision of the Rwandan constitution.
All Rwandans even the International community just knew that the Rwandan Parliament passed a green card to change the constitution, a step that will give President Paul Kagame the right to be a Presidential candidate after 2017.
The parliamentary vote came after millions of Rwandans petitioned the parliament requesting the constitutional amendment as they want Paul Kagame to remain their president despite the end of his mandate in 2017.
Among those who submitted their requests include ADEPR Church.
Can a person be astonished to see a religious institution mingling in the political affairs like ADEPR did?
IGIHE’s reporter met with the coordinator of the evangelical activities of the ADEPR who just responded to this question regarding their take on the revision of the Constitution of Rwanda:
“Nobody can say that ADEPR meddles in political affairs because a person is said to intrude in the case when he is not part of that case. But here National Politic also looks at the religious institution “, Pastor Ruzibiza Viateur told IGIHE earlier this week.
Politics concerns us all
Ruzibiza explained that politics is not far from the religious institutions.
He said ADEPR works in different sectors which include Development, Evangelization, Leadership, social and many others.
Ruzibiza added “ADEPR has no problem with the state because the later does not preclude our belief.”
“We also support the vision of the president of the Republic because many of what is enshrined in that vision also are included in our duties as church, for instance to support needy people among many others.” Said Ruzibiza.
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