Rwanda's president defended the central African nation's democratic record as campaigning for next month's vote got underway. Two prominent opposition candidates are barred from running by an appeals court decision.
Rwanda 's president defended the central Africa n nation's democratic record as campaigning for next month's vote got underway. Two prominent opposition candidates are barred from running by an appeals court decision.President Paul Kagame said Saturday that his country's democracy reflected the"unique reality of Rwanda ns" as he launched his election campaign at a rally in the north of the country.
"Our politics today, as we start our campaign, and seek your vote; when you do this, what is in peoples' mind and hearts, is this politics of wanting to transform Rwanda, to transform the lives of Rwandans for the better, and achieve as much as anyone or even more," Kagame added.Kagame will face Frank Habineza, the leader of the opposition Democratic Green Party and former journalist, Philippe Mpayimana, who is running as an independent in the presidential election.
Kagame's Rwandan Patriotic Front currently holds 41 of the 53 seats, while opposition parties have 13 seats, including the Social Democratic Party on 5 and the Liberal Party on 4. The 42-year-old Rwigara fell out with the leaders of Kagame's party before being detained and disqualified from running in 2017 over allegations of forgery. She was later acquitted.Kagame became the Great Lakes region's leader at the end of the 1994 genocide that claimed mostly Tutsi lives but also moderate Hutus.In 2015, Kagame presided over controversial constitutional amendments allowing him to potentially rule until 2034.
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