Original sentence: After the Tutsi RPF took control of the government, in 1994, Kagame formed a government of national unity headed by a Hutu president, Pasteur Bizimungu.Bizimungu immediately founded an opposition party (the PDR), but it was banned by the Kagame government.Bizimungu was arrested in 2002 for treason, sentenced to 15 years in prison, but released by a presidential pardon in 2007.Kagame became Minister of Defence and Vice-President, and was the de facto leader of the country.When Bizimungu became critical of the Kagame government in 2000, he was removed as president and Kagame took over the presidency himself