No Rwandan above the law, Bizimungu says

President Pasteur Bizimungu has said that no Rwandan is above the law concerning the 1994 genocide. Addressing a reburial ceremony for 20,000 victims in Kibeho, Gikongoro prefecture, on Wednesday to mark the fifth anniversary of the genocide, he asked how long would the Catholic church "continue to ignore accusations by Christians" against Gikongoro's bishop, Augustin Misago. The bishop, who was present at the ceremony, has been accused of involvement in the killings. "The Rwandan state did not place Bishop Misago above the law and is not afraid of him," Bizimungu said, according to Rwandan radio. "We shall only intervene if the church continues to do nothing." Reiterating earlier comments by Vice-President Paul Kagame, Bizimungu stressed Rwandan troops were in the Democratic Republic of Congo "because those who killed us are still there and they still want to pursue their killing from there". "Some of those accusing us of fighting in DRC against the Interahamwe, are currently fighting the Interahamwe of Milosevic in Kosovo," he pointed out. He stressed the determination of the Rwandan people to "rebuild themselves". "If we succeed in meeting the challenge, there will be no more mourning," he said.