Coalition for the Defence of the Republic ( , CDR ) was a Rwandan far-right Hutu Power political party that took a major role in inciting the Rwandan genocide . The CDR was founded in 1992 and initially led by Martin Bucyana until his assassination on 22 February 1994 . The party was allied with the ruling National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development ( MRNDD ) , and used the slogan " Mube maso " ( " Watch out ! " ) , which meant that Hutus should beware or the Tutsis would rule them as they had in the past . Unlike the MRNDD , the CDR did not agree to the Arusha Accords and Statement of Ethics . It was therefore shut out of the Broad-Based Transitional Government . Several important members of the CDR , including Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza and Ferdinand Nahimana , were convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda for genocide , direct and public incitement to commit genocide , conspiracy to commit genocide , and other crimes against humanity . The CDR created the Impuzamugambi ( " Those who have the same goal " ) militia , which took part in the killings
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Coalition for the Defence of the Republic