Rwandan President Paul Kagame has
said for the first time that he plans to run for a fourth term in elections due
to be held next year.
“Yes, I am indeed a candidate,”
Kagame, who has ruled over the country with an iron fist for decades, told
Jeune Afrique, a French-language news magazine, in an interview published
online on Tuesday.
“I am pleased with the confidence
that Rwandans have placed in me. I will always serve them, as long as I can,”
the 65-year-old was quoted as saying.
The Rwandan government in March
decided to synchronise the dates for its parliamentary and presidential
elections, which are due to be held in August next year.
Kagame had previously not made
his intentions clear but has presided over controversial constitutional
amendments that allowed him to serve a third term.
A former rebel chief, Kagame has
been regarded as the country’s de facto leader since the end of the 1994
genocide.
He won a third term in 2017,
taking home nearly 99 percent of the votes.
AFP
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