Rwanda opposition leader taken in for questioning: police
Rwandan women are pictured during an election in central Kigali in 2008. Rwandan opposition leader Bernard.
KIGALI Rwandan opposition leader Bernard Ntaganda was taken in for questioning Thursday, a police spokesman said.
“He was taken in to answer some accusations,” Superintendant Eric Kayiranga told AFP.
Among the charges against Ntaganda are: “setting up small rebel groups,” insulting other political parties and “leading illegal demonstrations and gatherings,” Kayiranga said.
The accusations against the head of the original wing of PS Imberakuri, the only opposition party officially registered in Rwanda, follow an investigation carried out by the upper house of the Rwandan parliament, he said.
Enlarging on the setting up of rebel groups, Kayiranga said Ntaganda is accused of “hiding groups of people at his home” and “distributing traditional weapons in order to create chaos”.
The police will decide later Thursday whether to arrest Ntaganda, a lawyer, or to free him, Kayiranga said.
Rwanda holds presidential elections on August 9.
Source: News.yahoo