US rejects third term bid by Rwandan President, Paul Kagame

 

The United States said on Saturday it is “deeply disappointed that President Paul Kagame has announced his intention to run for a third term in office”.
The spokesperson for that country’s Department of State, an equivalent of Nigeria’s foreign ministry, said with his decision to take a third shot at the Rwandan presidency, “President Kagame ignores an historic opportunity to reinforce and solidify the democratic institutions the Rwandan people have for more than twenty years laboured so hard to establish”.

The statement by John Kirby added, “The United States believes constitutional transitions of power are essential for strong democracies and that efforts by incumbents to change rules to stay in power weaken democratic institutions. 
 Mr. Kagame recently instigated a constitutional change in his country which cleared him to run for a third term of office.