President Kagame Wins Party Primaries By 99.1% For The Next Five-Year Term.
Rwanda's ruling party, Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF-Inkotanyi), has unanimously endorsed President Paul Kagame, who is also the party chairman, to be the party's flagbearer for the 2024 Presidential Elections, scheduled for July this year.
President Kagame garnered 1,953 votes out of a possible 1,971, equivalent to 99.1 percent, at the extraordinary congress held at the RPF-Inkotanyi Headquarters in Rusororo, Gasabo district. 15 of the votes, which were cast electronically, were invalid while 3 people abstained
The 66 year old Kagame has ruled over the landlocked African nation with for now three decades and won the presidency in elections in 2003, 2010 and 2017 – with more than 90 percent of the vote.
Kagame's candidacy was unopposed during the Rwandan Patriotic Front congress that ended Saturday, the party said.
Kagame's only known challenger in the July polls is opposition Green Party leader Frank Habineza.
The other potential challenger to Kagame, Victoire Ingabire, leader of the unregistered Dalfa Umurunzi (Development And Liberty For All) movement, is blocked from the presidential race due to a past conviction and a court decision on whether she will be allowed to contest the presidency is set for March 13.
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