Today Tuesday, November 17, Rwanda's Upper house of
parliament unanimously approved a
constitutional amendment to allow President Paul Kagame to seek a third term in office. The proposal have already passed through the lower house of Parliament in October.
constitutional amendment to allow President Paul Kagame to seek a third term in office. The proposal have already passed through the lower house of Parliament in October.
Kagame ,57, who has been in power since 2000, won widespread praise for
ending a genocide in 1994 of some 800,000 people, most of them Tutsis
and moderate Hutus, and for rebuilding the nation.
"But it all depends on his will," he told reporters after the unanimous vote.
Kagame has not said if he would run again, but has said he was open to persuasion.
"If i ran again, i would do more of what i am doing to improve the
well-being of the citizens of Rwanda," he said on his official twitter
account.
According to Reuters, the opposition party,
Democratic Green Party, tried to stop the amendments through legal
action, but the Supreme Court
rejected its bid, saying it was up to citizens to decide.
Frank Habineza, Democratic Green Party's leader, told
Reuters by telephone, that the senate approval would not deter his party
from opposing the amendments.
"We will continue with our no-change
campaign."Habineza said.
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