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1. SUMMARY: NEW RWANDAN MINISTERS (EIGHT CIVILIANS
AND 5 MILITARY) REFLECT TO SOME DEGREE PRESIDENT'S
CRITERIA OF COMPETENCE AND REGIONAL AND ETHNIC BALANCE
(REF B). MILITARY AND TECHNOCRATS REPLACE OLD
POLITICAL ELITE. END SUMMARY.
2. IN PRESENTING PROGRAM OF RWANDA'S "SECOND REPUBLIC"
GENERAL JUVENAL HABYALIMANA SPOKE OF "GOVERNMENTAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM THAT IS SOUND, RELIABLE, COMPETENT,
RESPONDING TO A GOOD REGIONAL AND ETHNIC EQUILIBRIUM."
PRELIMINARY LOOK AT NEW TEAM SUGGESTS ADHERENCE TO
THESE CRITERIA. THERE ARE TWO TUTSIS, ANDRE KATABARWA
(PUBLIC WORKS) AND SEDECIAS MUGAMBIRA (AGRICULTURE--
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APPARENTLY VERY POPULAR JUDGING FROM APPLAUSE AT
ANNOUNCEMENT HIS NAME) AND AT LEAST ONE REPRESENTATIVE
FROM EACH PREFECTURE. IF TRADITIONAL CULTURAL GROUPINGS
ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, NORTH (BUKIGA) PREDOMINATES
OVER THE CENTER-SOUTH (NDUGA) BECAUSE OF MILITARY
PRESENCE IN GOVERNMENT COUNCIL. GITARAMA, WHICH HAD
5 MINISTERS IN PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT, NOW HAS ONE,
JEAN-MAIRE MBONYUMUTWA (PLAN).
3. MOST CIVILIAN APPOINTEES NEW TO UPPER GOR ECHELONS
BUT APPARENTLY CHOSEN ON BASIS OF TRAINING AND COMPETENCE.
CIVIL ENGINEERS HEAD MINISTERIES OF PUBLIC WORKS AND
POST, TRANSPORT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS. AGRICULTURAL
ENGINEER HEAD AGRICULTURE. THADDEE BAGARAGAZA,
INTELLIGENT, RESPECTED FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER AND LAST
PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NOW HAS IMPORTANT
NATIONAL EDUCATION PORTFOLIO. IN CONTRAST,
LITTLE IN THEIR TRAINING OR EXPERIENCE SUGGESTS WHY
OFFICERS APPOINTED TO INFORMATION, YOUTH AND FOREIGN
AFFAIRS WERE CHOSEN FOR THESE POSTS. LT. COLONEL
KANYARENGWE, FORMER HEAD OF SURETE, HOWEVER, 0ROBABLY
WELL PREPARED FOR JOB AT INTERIOR AND CIVIL SERVICE.
4. EXCEPT FOR BAGARAGAZA OLD POLITICAL ELITE IS
OUT. SECOND GENERATION REPRESENTED IN MOBONYUMUTWA (PLAN),
SON OF FIRST PRESIDENT OF AUTONOMOUS RWANDAN REPUBLIC.
MILITARY HAS HELD ON TO KEY MINISTERIAL JOBS (DEFENSE,
INFORMATION, INTERIOR, FOREIGN AFFAIRS).
5. CABINET POSTS REFLECT ATTEMPT TO RATIONALIZE
JURISDICATIONS OF FORMER MINISTERS, MINISTERS DELEGATE,
AND STATE SECRETARIES DEFINED SINCE INDEPENDENCE
BY DEMANDS OF PATRONAGE. STATE SECRETARIATS HAVE BEEN
ABSORBED OR TURNED INTO MINISTRIES. THERE ARE NO
MINISTERS DELEGATE TO THE PRESIDENCY OR, FOR THE
PRESENT, NO SPECIAL OFFICE OF PRESIDENCY ALTHOUGH
THE SWISS AND BELGIAN ADVISORS CONTINUE TO FUNCTION.
HABYALIMANA STILL WORKS OUT OF HIS OLD OFFICE AT
DEFENSE MINISTRY, POSSIBLY BECAUSE OF FAR BETTER
COMMUNICATIONS THERE. FORMER KIGALI OFFICIAL
RESIDENCE OF PRESIDENT RENAMED "L'HOTEL 5 JUILLET"
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AND WAS SITE SECOND REPUBLIC INAUGURATION.
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