Morning Star.png Rwanda: Kagame goes for Third Term The Morning Star, London, 2 January 2016 Rwandan President Paul Kagame yesterday announced his bid for a third term of office in 2017. The announcement in his end-of-year message follows last month's constitutional referendum, in which 98 per cent of Rwandans voted to approve a revised constitution to allow Mr Kagame to extend his tenure in office. Mr Kagame was first elected president in 2000 but had been the power behind the throne since the end of the 1994 genocide. The referendum allows Kagame to remain in office until 2035. President Pierre Nkurunziza of neighbouring Burundi has accused President Kagame of responsibility for unrest there. [In Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni will on the 25th this month celebrate 30 years in power. Museveni is currently enjoying his fourth elected term of office as President, which is likely to be followed this year by a fifth term.] From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-5619-Rwanda-President-Kagame-aims-for-t hird-election-in-2017#.VodUmvl9600 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
