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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The National Consultative Forum of Political Organisations (NFPO) which has been closely monitoring the recently concluded elections has described the exercise as open, fair and a transparent one.<\/p>\n

This was highlighted during a consultative meeting between the political organisations and the Ministry of Local Government. A total of 11 political parties had deployed 81 observers at different polling stations nationwide, seven from each political party who included three females.<\/p>\n

Tabling their report on the elections, Theoneste Gisagara, the Executive Secretary of NFPO, lauded the organisers, saying that the exercise was fair and equitable.<\/p>\n

\u201cElections were timely and people looked to have a sense of what was happening as candidates were given equal opportunities to campaign during the exercise,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n

Gisagara added that other aspects that convinced the observers included the aspect that the Electoral College voted in a confidential and liberal way, no vote counting complaints were received and the attendance was very high in all sites.<\/p>\n

\u201cHence, we find that the local government elections were conducted in a safe, transparent and free environment,\u201d he read from the report. The report was then approved by members of the political organisations.<\/p>\n

Fatou Harelimana, the Chairperson of NFPO said; \u201cAs members of political organisations, we are very proud that the elections were fair for the people and we hail the electoral council for the hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jean Marie Vianney Gatabazi, the Minister of Local Government rooted for the involvement of female candidates and citizen representation during elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe elections saw over 325,000 leaders voted, which means that at least three out of ten Rwandans are leaders, indicating a high proportion of representation,\u201d he noted. The Minister also added that women participation has increased by 5 percent compared to the previous cohort of leaders.<\/p>\n

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