The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda has urged its members to cast a ‘No’ vote in the referendum slated for December 17 and 18.
In a release the DGPR said the party was unable to stop the referendum and therefore, asked its party adherents to vote against the lifting of term limits to allow President Paul Kagame serve another term as president.
‘The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda wishes to inform members of the media and the general public that its planned constitutional referendum no-change campaign will not be carried out due to the one-week short notice given for the referendum to be conducted,’ the party wrote on its website.
The DGPR and its President Dr Frank Habineza have fought pitched battles in Parliament and the courts of law to scuttle the amendment of Article 101 of the Rwanda Constitution, which sets the President’s mandate at a maximum of two seven-year terms.
Also, western powers led by the US and European Union have openly opposed the amendment, prompting President Kagame to tell his third term critics to back off his country’s internal affairs.
