NFPO or The National Consultative Forum of Political Organizations

The Consultative Forum of Political Organizations officially recognized in Rwanda is a platform for dialogue and exchange of ideas among political organizations on the country's problems and national policies. It is also a permanent framework for capacity building for member political organizations in the field of political organization and activities, which they use also as a framework for confli

ct mediation and for the promotion of the code of conduct which should characterize the political leadership in Rwanda. The idea of promoting permanent consultative mechanisms among political forces is in fact contained in the very spirit of the Arusha Peace Accord, with the objective of founding the power sharing system on the principles of the supremacy of national interests and the rule of law. The other imperative spelled out by the January 9, 1993 Protocol on power sharing was to provide political education to the members of Political Organizations for a common struggle against all forms of violence and political exclusion. All of these principles, which guided the establishment of the Forum in 1994 after the war and the genocide to serve as a consultative framework among Political Organizations in the composition and management of Transitional Institutions, were confirmed by the Constitutional Referendum of May 26, 2003 which advocated dialogue and consultation as a way of carrying out political action and promoting multiparty democracy in Rwanda.