Paul Kagame
President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, has won 99.15% of the votes from Monday’s presidential election to secure a fourth term in office.
Only about 79% of ballots have been counted, according to the country’s electoral commission. Authorities said 9.5 million Rwandans registered to vote.
The country has a population of 14 million. Kagame’s opponents — Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana — each received less than one percent in the provisional results.
The result is the same as 2017 when Kagame swooped nearly 99% of the votes. Final results are expected by July 27, although they could be announced sooner.
The president thanked Rwandans for their trust, in an address at his Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) party headquarters in Kigali, the capital city.
Reacting to his fourth term reelection as the President of Rwanda, Kagame insisted it was a sign of people's trust in his personality.
He said "This election process, the campaign we conducted first, the voting, and the results that have just been released, mean something significant in a person's life; it symbolises trust, for which I thank you. Trust is not easy to come by; there is nothing you can give someone to gain their immediate trust. Trust is built over time. With this trust and all these years we have spent together solving many difficult challenges, was there ever a time when you saw me at a loss for solutions? I am never defeated by challenges. Even in the difficult situations we have gone through or will go through in the future, trust is the reason for it all. Trust makes me confident that together, there is no challenge we will not surmount.
Speaking further, President Kagame insisted “Ours is an extraordinary situation, that is why many fail to understand it and choose to criticize it, but instead, it [the trust] keeps growing. I want to re-emphasize this, it is a unique situation. It is the uniqueness of the RPF, it is our uniqueness as Rwandans.
We are now done with the election period, it is behind us. What lies ahead is the work we have to do, implementing our campaign promises for the benefit of all Rwandans.”
Kagame seized power as the head of rebels who took control of the government and ended the genocide in 1994, becoming vice-president and de facto leader from then to 2000, when he became president.
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Published 7/16/2024 9:55:31 PM