Saturday, November 21, 2009
One year ago today
It was one year ago today that now know was my liberation day. At the time it was horrible. As i look back, i see and feel how what happened really was necessary and, ultimately, something that has made my life better. When someone you love and live with intimately, cheats and lies and acts hateful, it's heart breaking and very very sad. In the course of a year i went from there to here..a wonderful here...and i'm very grateful for that.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Monday, November 09, 2009
Greens urge defeat of the Democrats' "insurance industry life-support" bill in the US Senate and call for a rally of efforts to enact Single-Payer/Medicare For All
GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org
For Immediate Release:
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, mclarty@greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, starlene@gp.org
Greens urge defeat of the Democrats' "insurance industry life-support" bill in the US Senate and call for a rally of efforts to enact Single-Payer/Medicare For All
• The US House bill passed on Saturday favors the insurance industry over Americans who need medical care; no heath care reform bill should be enacted that doesn't allow states to enact Single-Payer, say Greens, who slam House Democrats for killing a vote on Single-Payer last week
• Green Party Speakers Bureau: Greens available to speak on health care reform: http://www.gp.org/speakers/
WASHINGTON, DC -- In the wake of a US House vote passing a Democratic health care bill (HR 3962), Green Party leaders and health care activists are calling for a defeat of the bill, calling it little more than a program to subsidize the insurance industry.
Greens are urging supporters of real universal health care to intensify efforts to win Capitol Hill support for Single-Payer/Medicare For All national health care.
"Democrats from President Obama on down know that Single-Payer is the best solution. They've said so. But instead of eliminating the waste and inefficiency of for-profit health insurance, the Democrats' 'insurance industry life-support' plan would increase insurance company profits by forcing every American to purchase their inferior products. Many Democrats who previously supported Single-Payer have turned their backs, abandoning real universal health care out of loyalty to the President and their party," said Midge Potts, Missouri Green candidate for the US Senate (MySpace.com/Midge_Potts_US_
The Green Party supports Single-Payer, which would guarantee quality health care for every American, allow patients to choose their health care providers, cut paperwork for physicians and hospitals, and reduce health care costs by a third by eliminating the for-profit insurance industry 'middle man' (http://www.gp.org/campaigns/
"Democrats want phony health care reform, Republicans want zero reform. Greens seek real reform by making health care a right instead of a privilege, just as we've made Social Security, education, and the protections we enjoy from fire and police departments a right for everyone," added Ms. Potts, one of nine peaceful protesters arrested on November 5 at the Capitol Hill office of Sen. Joseph Lieberman until the senator agreed to stop taking campaign contributions from the insurance industry (video clip: http://blogs.myspace.com/
Greens strongly criticized congressional Democrats like Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), who withdrew his Single-Payer bill last week to support HR 3962. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had promised a vote after August on Single-Payer legislation, which sponsors of the latter have decided to withdraw.
When Rep. Pelosi, after vocal protests from Single-Payer supporters (including a sit-in at her Capitol Hill office) finally agreed to the vote but allowed only 20 minutes for debate, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) issued a public statement opposing the vote on the grounds that Single-Payer had not received an adequate hearing.
"Reps. Conyers and Kucinich argued that a quick vote and perfunctory defeat of Single-Payer would damage hopes for Single-Payer (http://www.commondreams.org/
Like Midge Potts, several Green Party candidates and activists have participated in protests and civil disobedience to draw attention to the demand for Single-Payer. Howie Hawkins, who placed second on November 3 in Syracuse, New York city council race, was arrested on November 4 in downtown Syracuse during a non-violent demonstration outside the office of National Government Services, a Medicare claims processing operation owned by Wellpoint Inc., a major health insurer (video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Mobilization for Health Care For All (http://mobilizeforhealthcare.
"No heath care reform bill should be enacted that doesn't allow individual states to enact Single-Payer," added Matt Reichel, Green candidate for Congress in Illinois's 5th District (http://www.mattreichel.us), referring to the Kucinich amendment. "Rep. Pelosi stripped the provision for state-based Single-Payer from the House bill and Democrats weakened the public option to satisfy the insurance lobby. These betrayals justify a 'voters revolt' against Democrats in 2010, if they offer a health care bill that wastes taxpayers' money and favors the insurance industry over Americans who need medical care." (Article by Mr. Reichel on health care reform: http://dissidentvoice.org/
The Green Party listed reasons to reject the Senate version of HR 3962:
• The 'public option' in the bill would enroll only 2% of the population by 2019. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the public option "would cost more than private plans" since it would enroll primarily the poorest and sickest members of society. Insurance companies will probably end up administering the public option plan. (Single-Payer ends the provision of health coverage by insurance companies, which raise health costs by nearly a third to cover overhead, administrative costs, CEO salaries, and profits for shareholders.)
"Democrats and their allies like Health Care for America NOW (HCAN) are trying to pull the wool over our eyes, pretending that this is a fight for a robust public option and universal health care. Democrats killed the public option a month ago in everything but name. They turned the public option into fig leaf for the corporate option their plan embraces. The real winners will be the insurance companies, since the Democrats are using the insurance mandate to gift-wrap 50 million new customers for them," said Mr. Hawkins.
• Access to health insurance will still primarily be tied to employment. An employee who loses his or her job will still lose coverage. Employers, not employees, will choose their workers' insurance company and their health care provider. (Single-Payer relieves businesses of the burden of providing health insurance benefits and allows Americans to choose their physician or hospital.)
• The House bill further increases health care spending. The US already spends nearly double ($7,200 per capita) what other industrial countries spend for their citizens. To reduce the increase in costs to the federal government, the Democrats' plan would push more and more of the financial burden for health care onto state governments and consumers, while reducing subsidies to consumers. (Past studies by the GAO and CBO confirm that Single-Payer would save hundreds of billions of dollars annually in total health care spending.)
• The House bill denies health care for all immigrants, a restriction that would ultimately cost the US more in money and lives, since denial of treatment to anyone encourages the spread of disease among everyone, regardless of health coverage. (Single-Payer's financial savings would fully offset the cost of health care for immigrants and improve the quality of health care for all.)
• Tens of millions of Americans will either not be required to purchase insurance or will choose to pay a penalty rather than do so. Those who buy subsidized plans, mostly the working poor, will find that many services are not covered and that they will lack the funds to pay the deductibles and co-pays needed for medical treatment, since the plans are designed to only cover 70% of costs. (Single-Payer will offer comprehensive health care for everyone.)
• Even though most Americans who presently lack health insurance are the working poor (75%) and those working for small employers, small employers are exempted from the requirement to provide health insurance. (Single-Payer covers everyone regardless of employment, ability to pay, age, or prior medical condition.)
• The AMA endorsed the Democratic bill, but only 17% of physicians (out of 800,000 in the US) are AMA members. 59% of physicians and a majority of the public support Single-Payer/Medicare For All. (Sources: http://www.pnhp.org/news/2008/
"The destructive role of insurance companies is the biggest problem with the American health care system," said Sanda Everette, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States. "It's why we spend so much money and yet suffer a health care delivery system consistently ranked the worst among industrial countries, even though we have some of the best doctors, nurses, hospitals, and medical technology. We can save hundreds of billions of dollars annually by eliminating private for-profit insurance and using these funds to give every American access to quality health care. Instead, Democrats are offering a bill that would tighten the stranglehold of the insurance companies. This is not the change Americans were promised last November."
MORE INFORMATION
Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
• Green candidate database and campaign information: http://www.gp.org/elections.
• Green Party News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.
• Green Party Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers
• Green Party ballot access page http://www.gp.org/2008-
• Green Party Livestream Channel http://www.livestream.com/
"The Green Party responds to Obama's speech: Mr. President, make health care a right for all Americans"
Green Party press release, September 14, 2009
http://www.gp.org/press/pr-
Green Pages: The official publication of record of the Green Party of the United States
Fall 2009 issue now online
http://gp.org/greenpages-blog
~ END ~
http://www.gp.org
For Immediate Release:
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, mclarty@greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, starlene@gp.org
Greens urge defeat of the Democrats' "insurance industry life-support" bill in the US Senate and call for a rally of efforts to enact Single-Payer/Medicare For All
• The US House bill passed on Saturday favors the insurance industry over Americans who need medical care; no heath care reform bill should be enacted that doesn't allow states to enact Single-Payer, say Greens, who slam House Democrats for killing a vote on Single-Payer last week
• Green Party Speakers Bureau: Greens available to speak on health care reform: http://www.gp.org/speakers/
WASHINGTON, DC -- In the wake of a US House vote passing a Democratic health care bill (HR 3962), Green Party leaders and health care activists are calling for a defeat of the bill, calling it little more than a program to subsidize the insurance industry.
Greens are urging supporters of real universal health care to intensify efforts to win Capitol Hill support for Single-Payer/Medicare For All national health care.
"Democrats from President Obama on down know that Single-Payer is the best solution. They've said so. But instead of eliminating the waste and inefficiency of for-profit health insurance, the Democrats' 'insurance industry life-support' plan would increase insurance company profits by forcing every American to purchase their inferior products. Many Democrats who previously supported Single-Payer have turned their backs, abandoning real universal health care out of loyalty to the President and their party," said Midge Potts, Missouri Green candidate for the US Senate (MySpace.com/Midge_Potts_US_
The Green Party supports Single-Payer, which would guarantee quality health care for every American, allow patients to choose their health care providers, cut paperwork for physicians and hospitals, and reduce health care costs by a third by eliminating the for-profit insurance industry 'middle man' (http://www.gp.org/campaigns/
"Democrats want phony health care reform, Republicans want zero reform. Greens seek real reform by making health care a right instead of a privilege, just as we've made Social Security, education, and the protections we enjoy from fire and police departments a right for everyone," added Ms. Potts, one of nine peaceful protesters arrested on November 5 at the Capitol Hill office of Sen. Joseph Lieberman until the senator agreed to stop taking campaign contributions from the insurance industry (video clip: http://blogs.myspace.com/
Greens strongly criticized congressional Democrats like Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), who withdrew his Single-Payer bill last week to support HR 3962. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had promised a vote after August on Single-Payer legislation, which sponsors of the latter have decided to withdraw.
When Rep. Pelosi, after vocal protests from Single-Payer supporters (including a sit-in at her Capitol Hill office) finally agreed to the vote but allowed only 20 minutes for debate, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) issued a public statement opposing the vote on the grounds that Single-Payer had not received an adequate hearing.
"Reps. Conyers and Kucinich argued that a quick vote and perfunctory defeat of Single-Payer would damage hopes for Single-Payer (http://www.commondreams.org/
Like Midge Potts, several Green Party candidates and activists have participated in protests and civil disobedience to draw attention to the demand for Single-Payer. Howie Hawkins, who placed second on November 3 in Syracuse, New York city council race, was arrested on November 4 in downtown Syracuse during a non-violent demonstration outside the office of National Government Services, a Medicare claims processing operation owned by Wellpoint Inc., a major health insurer (video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Mobilization for Health Care For All (http://mobilizeforhealthcare.
"No heath care reform bill should be enacted that doesn't allow individual states to enact Single-Payer," added Matt Reichel, Green candidate for Congress in Illinois's 5th District (http://www.mattreichel.us), referring to the Kucinich amendment. "Rep. Pelosi stripped the provision for state-based Single-Payer from the House bill and Democrats weakened the public option to satisfy the insurance lobby. These betrayals justify a 'voters revolt' against Democrats in 2010, if they offer a health care bill that wastes taxpayers' money and favors the insurance industry over Americans who need medical care." (Article by Mr. Reichel on health care reform: http://dissidentvoice.org/
The Green Party listed reasons to reject the Senate version of HR 3962:
• The 'public option' in the bill would enroll only 2% of the population by 2019. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the public option "would cost more than private plans" since it would enroll primarily the poorest and sickest members of society. Insurance companies will probably end up administering the public option plan. (Single-Payer ends the provision of health coverage by insurance companies, which raise health costs by nearly a third to cover overhead, administrative costs, CEO salaries, and profits for shareholders.)
"Democrats and their allies like Health Care for America NOW (HCAN) are trying to pull the wool over our eyes, pretending that this is a fight for a robust public option and universal health care. Democrats killed the public option a month ago in everything but name. They turned the public option into fig leaf for the corporate option their plan embraces. The real winners will be the insurance companies, since the Democrats are using the insurance mandate to gift-wrap 50 million new customers for them," said Mr. Hawkins.
• Access to health insurance will still primarily be tied to employment. An employee who loses his or her job will still lose coverage. Employers, not employees, will choose their workers' insurance company and their health care provider. (Single-Payer relieves businesses of the burden of providing health insurance benefits and allows Americans to choose their physician or hospital.)
• The House bill further increases health care spending. The US already spends nearly double ($7,200 per capita) what other industrial countries spend for their citizens. To reduce the increase in costs to the federal government, the Democrats' plan would push more and more of the financial burden for health care onto state governments and consumers, while reducing subsidies to consumers. (Past studies by the GAO and CBO confirm that Single-Payer would save hundreds of billions of dollars annually in total health care spending.)
• The House bill denies health care for all immigrants, a restriction that would ultimately cost the US more in money and lives, since denial of treatment to anyone encourages the spread of disease among everyone, regardless of health coverage. (Single-Payer's financial savings would fully offset the cost of health care for immigrants and improve the quality of health care for all.)
• Tens of millions of Americans will either not be required to purchase insurance or will choose to pay a penalty rather than do so. Those who buy subsidized plans, mostly the working poor, will find that many services are not covered and that they will lack the funds to pay the deductibles and co-pays needed for medical treatment, since the plans are designed to only cover 70% of costs. (Single-Payer will offer comprehensive health care for everyone.)
• Even though most Americans who presently lack health insurance are the working poor (75%) and those working for small employers, small employers are exempted from the requirement to provide health insurance. (Single-Payer covers everyone regardless of employment, ability to pay, age, or prior medical condition.)
• The AMA endorsed the Democratic bill, but only 17% of physicians (out of 800,000 in the US) are AMA members. 59% of physicians and a majority of the public support Single-Payer/Medicare For All. (Sources: http://www.pnhp.org/news/2008/
"The destructive role of insurance companies is the biggest problem with the American health care system," said Sanda Everette, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States. "It's why we spend so much money and yet suffer a health care delivery system consistently ranked the worst among industrial countries, even though we have some of the best doctors, nurses, hospitals, and medical technology. We can save hundreds of billions of dollars annually by eliminating private for-profit insurance and using these funds to give every American access to quality health care. Instead, Democrats are offering a bill that would tighten the stranglehold of the insurance companies. This is not the change Americans were promised last November."
MORE INFORMATION
Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
• Green candidate database and campaign information: http://www.gp.org/elections.
• Green Party News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.
• Green Party Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers
• Green Party ballot access page http://www.gp.org/2008-
• Green Party Livestream Channel http://www.livestream.com/
"The Green Party responds to Obama's speech: Mr. President, make health care a right for all Americans"
Green Party press release, September 14, 2009
http://www.gp.org/press/pr-
Green Pages: The official publication of record of the Green Party of the United States
Fall 2009 issue now online
http://gp.org/greenpages-blog
~ END ~
Monday, November 02, 2009
Greens in the US protest attempts by the government of Rwanda to suppress the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda
GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org
For Immediate Release:
Monday, November 2, 2009
Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, mclarty@greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, starlene@gp.org
Greens in the US protest attempts by the government of Rwanda to suppress the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda
• Statement from party founder Frank Habineza; government officials use obstructions, security forces use violence to prevent Rwandan Greens from meeting; breaking news posted at http://www.gp.org/campaigns/
• The Fall 2009 issue of Green Pages, the Green Party's national publication, is now online: http://gp.org/greenpages-blog
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States today expressed solidarity with the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR, http://rwandagreendemocrats.
On October 30, over 600 members and supporters of the new party came from all over Rwanda to Kigali, the capital, to present their notarized signatures for the DGPR's registration dossier with the Ministry of Local Government. They were driven away by police, while a meeting that was underway was violently attacked by unidentified men who called out their support for the ruling Rwanda Patriotic Front, while he was throwing a chair into the crowd. Police interrupted and canceled the meeting and arrested DGPR members who tried to restrain the disruptors instead of the disruptors themselves.
According to DGPR founder Frank Habineza, the attacks were no accident: “We have established the man who started the shouting and threw chairs (on October 30th) is an ex-soldier in the Rwandan army and a former employee of Military Intelligence."
For more information on the incident, see "Police halts Green Party congress 'due to insecurity'", Rwanda News Agency, October 30, 2009, (http://www.gp.org/campaigns/
On October 2, more than 900 members and supporters had traveled to a similar meeting in Kigali, only to be told by the Nyarugenge District Mayor that even though the Greens had secured a location and a notary, it had to resubmit its request for permission to hold the meeting.
The party has met with similar official obstructions ever since it was launched on August 14, 2009, at a press conference in Kigali with an audience that included representatives from the Embassies of the US, Sweden, and the Netherlands, as well as the BBC, SABC, Newvison-Uganda, Africa Press Agency, and Umuseso Newspaper (http://www.
"We protest all violence and obstruction aimed at peacefully organizing political parties throughout the world. We especially deplore actions taken to prevent our fellow Green Parties in other nations from participating in the political process. The Rwandans who've been blocked, intimidated, and injured by provocateurs are heroes in the struggle for democracy," said Steve Herrick, co-chair of the International Committee of the Green Party of the United States.
US Green Party leaders have encouraged Americans outraged by the political repression and violence to complain to the Rwanda Embassy in Washington, DC (http://www.rwandaembassy.org / Contact Page http://www.rwandaembassy.org/
"Although far more brutal, the hostile actions undertaken by Rwandan officials, police, and security forces against Greens mirror the efforts taken by many Democrats and Republicans in office in the US to keep keep Greens and other parties' candidates off the ballot. In Pennsylvania, Green candidates face the threat of personal financial ruin for trying to run. In many states, biased ballot access rules privilege major party candidates and bar all others. As Americans and as Greens, we demand democracy -- in Rwanda, in the US, and everywhere," said Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry of the Black Caucus of the Green Party of the United States. Ms. Curry is helping to prepare an international summit on the situation in Rwanda.
Unedited statement by Frank Habineza, founder of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and one of the three African Greens representatives on the 12-member Global Green Coordination (http://www.globalgreens.org/
Its indeed been a terrible day, the man who started the shouting and threw chairs, we have established that he is an Ex-Soldier and a former employee of Military Intelligence, the other three people who joined him, one of them had something like a gun-pistol, it was also seen by the US Envoy and Netherlands Envoy and many others.
This was a well planned sabotage done by security operatives. Another guy was also from the Local Defense Forces. The police was not helpful at all. It looked like they were compromising us.
What is surprising though is that the police has released the guys who caused trouble and rather arrested our members one of them a mother. Thankfully our members have been released but made statements at the police. They were asked why they decided to be members of our party.
Several people are injured, one Lady is in intensive care. Her Back is having a problem. Am still finding out how many are injured.
Keep us in prayers,
Frank Habineza
MORE INFORMATION
Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
• Green candidate database and campaign information: http://www.gp.org/elections.
• Green Party News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.
• Green Party Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers
• Green Party ballot access page http://www.gp.org/2008-
• Green Party Livestream Channel http://www.livestream.com/
Petition to the Rwandan Government to Register the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda
The Green Party of Canada, October 7, 2009
http://www.greenparty.ca/
"A Sad Day for Democracy - Government interferes with establishment of Green Party in Rwanda"
By Mike Feinstein, Green Pages, Fall 2009
http://gp.org/greenpages-blog/
Green Pages: The official publication of record of the Green Party of the United States
Fall 2009 issue now online
http://gp.org/greenpages-blog
~ END ~
http://www.gp.org
For Immediate Release:
Monday, November 2, 2009
Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, mclarty@greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, starlene@gp.org
Greens in the US protest attempts by the government of Rwanda to suppress the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda
• Statement from party founder Frank Habineza; government officials use obstructions, security forces use violence to prevent Rwandan Greens from meeting; breaking news posted at http://www.gp.org/campaigns/
• The Fall 2009 issue of Green Pages, the Green Party's national publication, is now online: http://gp.org/greenpages-blog
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States today expressed solidarity with the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR, http://rwandagreendemocrats.
On October 30, over 600 members and supporters of the new party came from all over Rwanda to Kigali, the capital, to present their notarized signatures for the DGPR's registration dossier with the Ministry of Local Government. They were driven away by police, while a meeting that was underway was violently attacked by unidentified men who called out their support for the ruling Rwanda Patriotic Front, while he was throwing a chair into the crowd. Police interrupted and canceled the meeting and arrested DGPR members who tried to restrain the disruptors instead of the disruptors themselves.
According to DGPR founder Frank Habineza, the attacks were no accident: “We have established the man who started the shouting and threw chairs (on October 30th) is an ex-soldier in the Rwandan army and a former employee of Military Intelligence."
For more information on the incident, see "Police halts Green Party congress 'due to insecurity'", Rwanda News Agency, October 30, 2009, (http://www.gp.org/campaigns/
On October 2, more than 900 members and supporters had traveled to a similar meeting in Kigali, only to be told by the Nyarugenge District Mayor that even though the Greens had secured a location and a notary, it had to resubmit its request for permission to hold the meeting.
The party has met with similar official obstructions ever since it was launched on August 14, 2009, at a press conference in Kigali with an audience that included representatives from the Embassies of the US, Sweden, and the Netherlands, as well as the BBC, SABC, Newvison-Uganda, Africa Press Agency, and Umuseso Newspaper (http://www.
"We protest all violence and obstruction aimed at peacefully organizing political parties throughout the world. We especially deplore actions taken to prevent our fellow Green Parties in other nations from participating in the political process. The Rwandans who've been blocked, intimidated, and injured by provocateurs are heroes in the struggle for democracy," said Steve Herrick, co-chair of the International Committee of the Green Party of the United States.
US Green Party leaders have encouraged Americans outraged by the political repression and violence to complain to the Rwanda Embassy in Washington, DC (http://www.rwandaembassy.org / Contact Page http://www.rwandaembassy.org/
"Although far more brutal, the hostile actions undertaken by Rwandan officials, police, and security forces against Greens mirror the efforts taken by many Democrats and Republicans in office in the US to keep keep Greens and other parties' candidates off the ballot. In Pennsylvania, Green candidates face the threat of personal financial ruin for trying to run. In many states, biased ballot access rules privilege major party candidates and bar all others. As Americans and as Greens, we demand democracy -- in Rwanda, in the US, and everywhere," said Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry of the Black Caucus of the Green Party of the United States. Ms. Curry is helping to prepare an international summit on the situation in Rwanda.
Unedited statement by Frank Habineza, founder of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and one of the three African Greens representatives on the 12-member Global Green Coordination (http://www.globalgreens.org/
Its indeed been a terrible day, the man who started the shouting and threw chairs, we have established that he is an Ex-Soldier and a former employee of Military Intelligence, the other three people who joined him, one of them had something like a gun-pistol, it was also seen by the US Envoy and Netherlands Envoy and many others.
This was a well planned sabotage done by security operatives. Another guy was also from the Local Defense Forces. The police was not helpful at all. It looked like they were compromising us.
What is surprising though is that the police has released the guys who caused trouble and rather arrested our members one of them a mother. Thankfully our members have been released but made statements at the police. They were asked why they decided to be members of our party.
Several people are injured, one Lady is in intensive care. Her Back is having a problem. Am still finding out how many are injured.
Keep us in prayers,
Frank Habineza
MORE INFORMATION
Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
• Green candidate database and campaign information: http://www.gp.org/elections.
• Green Party News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.
• Green Party Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers
• Green Party ballot access page http://www.gp.org/2008-
• Green Party Livestream Channel http://www.livestream.com/
Petition to the Rwandan Government to Register the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda
The Green Party of Canada, October 7, 2009
http://www.greenparty.ca/
"A Sad Day for Democracy - Government interferes with establishment of Green Party in Rwanda"
By Mike Feinstein, Green Pages, Fall 2009
http://gp.org/greenpages-blog/
Green Pages: The official publication of record of the Green Party of the United States
Fall 2009 issue now online
http://gp.org/greenpages-blog
~ END ~
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