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Uganda: Museveni Remarks Excite LRA Rebels
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New Vision (Kampala)
12 March 2008
Posted to the web 13 March 2008
Alfred Wasike And Raymond Baguma
Kampala
THE Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has welcomed President Museveni's comments that the Government could save rebel leader Joseph Kony and his co-accused from prosecution at The Hague.
Museveni told journalists at the Commonwealth secretariat in London on Wednesday that Kony could be saved if he signed the peace agreement.
Speaking from The Hague, David Matsanga, the head of the LRA negotiating team, said Museveni's comments were a good development for the peace process.
"If that information has come from Museveni's mouth, then is very, very good news. We shall go back and talk with Kony.
"If we are satisfied that the warrants will not hinder Kony from coming to participate in nation building, we shall sign the deal. But if the warrants still stand, I want to tell you we shall not sign the peace agreement," he told the Voice of America.
Matsanga said Kony would come out of the bush to sign the final peace agreement if Museveni gave a written confirmation that rebel chief and his lieutenants would not face the International Criminal Court.
"There is no problem if the warrants are removed. They serve no purpose. We have signed an agreement that said you cannot touch the generals again. Ugandans do not want warrants. They are an impediment to peace.
"If Museveni can put this in writing, black and white, write to the chief mediator, Dr. Riek Machar, that the warrants are not a problem anymore and that he asked the ICC to withdraw the warrants, Kony will sign the agreement."
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But the leader of the government team, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, said the Government would set up a special High Court division to try LRA leaders and members who committed serious crimes during their insurgency.
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