Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda, has won 99.15 percent of
the votes from Monday’s presidential election to secure a fourth term in
office.
Only about 79 percent 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 the outcome in 2017 when Kagame
swooped nearly 99 percent of the votes.
The president thanked Rwandans for their trust, in an
address at his Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) party headquarters in Kigali, the
capital city.
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.
The 64-year-old is eligible to continue in office till 2034
after a constitutional amendment in 2015 changed a two-term limit.
Although he has garnered international acclaim for presiding
over peace and economic growth since the end of the genocide in Rwanda, he has
also faced criticisms from rights groups and the West.
But the Rwandan leader has said he is not bothered about
what foreign countries think of his decision to extend his rule.
On Saturday, he told journalists that his mandate comes from
the people.
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