Prosecutor General studies Mucyo report

KIGALI - The office of the Prosecutor General is studying the Mucyo Commission report that implicates 33 French political and military leaders in the 1994 Genocide of Tutsis. Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga explained yesterday that they are currently examining the findings of the report that names several French political officers including the late Former President Francois Mitterand, former Prime Minister Dominque de Villepin and Mitterands’s son ,Jean Christophe Mitterrand ,of direct involvement in the Genocide. “This is a report that would interest any prosecution,” said Ngoga. Asked if and when the prosecutor’s office is going to indict the implicated French officials, Ngoga said they are not setting a time frame within which to act. “We do not set ourselves a time frame, we only set the standards of what we need to do.” he explained: The inquiry into the role of France in the Genocide started in 2006 when the government set up the independent commission of inquiry chaired by the former Minister of Justice Jean de Dieu Mucyo. The report accuses the French of giving material and diplomatic support to genocidal forces and implicates French soldiers in the killing and mass rape of Tutsis. The report contains evidence gathered from testimonies of Genocide survivors, researchers, writers and reporters.France has in the past acknowledged making mistakes in Rwanda but denies any responsibility for the Genocide. Ends