{"id":76788,"date":"2024-06-21T16:56:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T16:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/rwanda-decides-kagame-reflects-on-past-landslide-victories"},"modified":"2024-06-21T17:14:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T17:14:06","slug":"rwanda-decides-kagame-reflects-on-past-landslide-victories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rwanda-decides-kagame-reflects-on-past-landslide-victories","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda Decides: Kagame reflects on past landslide victories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>President Paul Kagame has commented on his previous landslide election victories and what they mean in regards to the country&#8217;s political landscape. The 66-year-old secured a landslide victory in the 2017 elections, with 98.7 per cent votes, following earlier triumphs of 93 per cent in 2010 and 95 per cent in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with France 24 on Thursday, June 20, Kagame was asked if he thought being elected with 90 per cent or more was healthy for Rwanda. In the interview, Kagame also said the security crisis in DR Congo poses a threat to Rwanda due to the continued collaboration between the Congolese army and the FDLR, a UN-sanctioned militia linked to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situations and contexts are different. I don\u2019t even mind that somebody is elected by 15 per cent if that is their context. But why should you worry about somebody being elected with 90 per cent if that is their context, because in the end it is the context that decides,\u201d Kagame responded.<\/p>\n<p>Campaigns for the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled to begin on Saturday, June 22, and run for three weeks until mid-July, before the elections take place on July 15.<\/p>\n<p>The incumbent is up against Democratic Green Party\u2019s Frank Habineza and independent candidate Phillippe Mpayimana, the same opponents he faced back in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Rwanda Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. President Paul Kagame has commented on his previous landslide election victories and what they mean in regards to the country&#8217;s political landscape. The 66-year-old secured a landslide victory in the 2017 elections, with 98.7 per cent votes, following earlier triumphs of 93 per cent in 2010 and 95 per cent in 2003. 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