Paul Kagame declares intent to run one month after Rwandans voted for constitutional referendum allowing him to do so.
![Kagame became president in 2000 after being Rwanda's de facto leader since the end of the country's genocide in 1994 [AP]](http://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2016/1/1/82cc929f8bd74849b229618712145672_18.jpg "Rwandan President to run for third term in office")
Rwandan
President Paul Kagame has declared he will run for a third term in
office after his second seven-year term expires in 2017.
The announcement in his end-of-year message on Friday follows last month's constitutional referendum in which 98.3 percent of Rwandans voted to approve the country's revised Constitution to allow Kagame to run again after his term ends. The move has been opposed by the US.
Kagame became president in 2000 after being Rwanda's de facto leader since the end of the country's genocide in 1994.
He is credited with stabilising the country and promoting economic growth after the mass killings, but critics say he is an authoritarian ruler who does not tolerate opposition and he is accused of human rights abuses.
The announcement in his end-of-year message on Friday follows last month's constitutional referendum in which 98.3 percent of Rwandans voted to approve the country's revised Constitution to allow Kagame to run again after his term ends. The move has been opposed by the US.
"You requested me to lead the country again after
2017.Given the importance&consideration you attach to this,I can
only accept."-Pres.Kagame
— Presidency | Rwanda (@UrugwiroVillage) December 31, 2015
“Given the importance and consideration you attach to this, I can
only accept.” But, he added, “I don’t think that what we need is an
eternal leader.”Kagame became president in 2000 after being Rwanda's de facto leader since the end of the country's genocide in 1994.
He is credited with stabilising the country and promoting economic growth after the mass killings, but critics say he is an authoritarian ruler who does not tolerate opposition and he is accused of human rights abuses.
Source: Aljazeera and Agencies
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