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His challengers — Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana — have struggled to pull crowds to their events.
Rwandans will vote tomorrow (Monday) in an election that will almost certainly extend the long rule of President Paul Kagame. He is running virtually unopposed after three decades in power for another five-year term. Campaign rallies closed yesterday ( Saturday). A total of 9.5 million Rwandans are registered to vote, according to electoral authorities.
On Saturday, the Rwandan strongman was on a campaign trail. He met crowds and shook hands with them and received their greetings. He was driven atop an open vehicle as he waved to thousands of supporters, before alighting and leading the crowd in his party Rwanda Patriotic Front’s (RPF) slogans and chants.
His challengers — Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana — have struggled to pull crowds to their events.
Kagame faced the same opponents in 2017 when he took nearly 99% of the vote. Observers say a similar result is expected this year as serious opposition to Kagame has long been absent in the country. Kagame, 66, came to power as the leader of rebels who took control of Rwanda’s government and ended the genocide in 1994.
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Kagame was Rwanda’s vice president and de facto leader from 1994 to 2000 when he first became president. He has since ruled the East African country as an authoritarian leader who is intolerant of political dissent. Some of his supporters were full of praise for his leadership and were optimistic at the sure prospect of a fourth presidential term for Kagame.
