Editing Politics of Rwanda (section)

==Historical background==
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After its military victory in July 1994, the [[Rwandese Patriotic Front]] organized a coalition government similar to that established by President [[Juvénal Habyarimana]] in 1992. Called The Broad Based Government of National Unity, its fundamental law is based on a combination of the constitution, the Arusha accords, and political declarations by the parties. The [[MRND]] party was outlawed.

Political organizing was banned until 2003. The first post-Genocide of Tutsi, presidential and legislative elections were held in August and September 2003, respectively.

The biggest problems facing the government were the reintegration of more than 2 million refugees returning from as long ago as 1959; the end of the [[insurgency]] and [[counter-insurgency]] among ex-military and [[Interahamwe]] militia and the Rwandan Patriotic Army, which is concentrated in the north and south west; and the shift away from crisis to medium- and long-term development planning. The prison population will continue to be an urgent problem for the foreseeable future, having swelled to more than 100,000 in the 3 years after the [[Rwandan Civil War|war]]. 

The government prohibits any form of discrimination by gender, ethnicity, race or religion. The government has passed laws prohibiting emphasis on Hutu or Tutsi identity in most types of political activity.