Association for Social Promotion of the Masses

The Association for Social Promotion of the Masses (French: Association pour la promotion sociale de la masse, APROSOMA) was a political party in Rwanda.

History

The party was established on 15 February 1959 by Joseph Gitera Habyarimana alongside friends and former schoolmates.[1] Although it initially promoted social improvement for both Hutu and Tutsi, it later became an anti-Tutsi party.[2]

APROSOMA contested the pre-independence elections in 1961, receiving 3.6% of the vote and winning two seats. In 1965 the country became a one-party state under MDR-Parmehutu.[3]

Ideology

Its leader, Joseph Gitera Habyarimana, is the author of an earlier version of the "Hutu Ten Commandments".[4]

References

  1. ↑ Aimable Twagilimana (2015) Historical Dictionary of Rwanda, Rowman & Littlefield, p25
  2. ↑ Twagilimana, p183
  3. ↑ History Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Embassy of Rwanda to the United Kingdom
  4. ↑ Mugusera, Antoine. "LES DIX COMMANDEMENTS DES HUTU DE GITERA DE 1959 FACE A CEUX DE KANGURA DE 1990" (PDF). France Génocide Tutsi (in French).


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