Rwanda’s Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an application aimed at preventing the president from extending his time in office beyond two terms.
Advertisement
The supreme court of Rwanda has resolved that the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR) has lost the case in which the party had sued government over the ongoing referendum process which will see the amendment of the constitution. This month, the Congo Republic is voting on constitutional changes that would allow president Denis Sassou Nguesso, in power for decades, to stay in office.
Party president Frank Habineza told reporters after the ruling, “We expected a win but the court has disappointed us”.
Report says Kagame is looking for to expand his 15 ages in capability if ever the well-being is bettered once he is well known regarding his been in ability considering that 2000.
Kagame has not announced that he would run again in the 2017 election, but has hinted he is open to the idea, asserting that “Term limits have nothing to do with democracy”.
Third term campaigns have caused unrest in other African countries; especially in Burundi, where at least 70 people were killed, after President Pierre Nkurunziza in April, said that he was running for a third term.
Former rebel leader Kagame won worldwide and domestic praise for rebuilding Rwanda after the genocide, in which 800,000 people, a lot of them Tutsis and moderate Hutus, were massacred.
Advertisement
Voters would definitely still need to consent any changes within the distorted. Washington said this month it “opposed those in positions of power changing constitutions exclusively for their political self-interest”.
