{"id":79187,"date":"2024-07-16T07:32:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T07:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/police-election-day-security-was-good-as-usual"},"modified":"2024-07-16T08:06:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T08:06:24","slug":"police-election-day-security-was-good-as-usual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/police-election-day-security-was-good-as-usual","title":{"rendered":"Police: Election Day security was &#8216;good as usual&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The security situation all over the country \u201cwas good as usual\u201d during the general elections that took place on Monday, July 15, according to Rwanda National Police (RNP).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe observed a well-organised election with no public order issues. All election materials were escorted and protected by the RNP and all went well,\u201d RNP spokesperson ACP Boniface Rutikanga told The New Times.<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Electoral Commission (NEC), more than nine million Rwandans registered to vote in the elections. These included two million first-time voters.<\/p>\n<p>More than 2,600 polling stations were set up for the 2024 elections, with at least 160 in foreign countries.<\/p>\n<p>More than 100,000 Rwandans volunteered to work as polling staff, while more than 1,100 local and foreign observers were accredited for the elections.<\/p>\n<p>The foreign observers represent various regional and international organisations, including the African Union, European Union, the East African Community (EAC), the Commonwealth, the International Organisation of the Francophonie, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).<\/p>\n<p>There are three candidates for president: incumbent President Paul Kagame of the RPF-Inkotanyi, Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and Philippe Mpayimana, who is independent.<\/p>\n<p>There are 589 candidates for seats as Members of Parliament.<\/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. The security situation all over the country \u201cwas good as usual\u201d during the general elections that took place on Monday, July 15, according to Rwanda National Police (RNP). \u201cWe observed a well-organised election with no public order issues. All election materials were escorted and protected by the RNP and all went well,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":79186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[427,1090,758,6036,6253],"class_list":["post-79187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-democracy","tag-elections","tag-rwanda","tag-rwanda-decides","tag-rwanda-election"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police: Election Day security was &#039;good as usual&#039; - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The security situation all over the country \u201cwas good as usual\u201d during the general elections that took place on Monday, ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/police-election-day-security-was-good-as-usual\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police: Election Day security was &#039;good as usual&#039;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The security situation all over the country \u201cwas good as usual\u201d during the general elections that took place on Monday, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/police-election-day-security-was-good-as-usual\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-16T07:32:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-16T08:06:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/07\/sm_1721104559.821439.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"632\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/police-election-day-security-was-good-as-usual#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/police-election-day-security-was-good-as-usual\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police: Election Day security was &#8216;good as usual&#8217;\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-16T07:32:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-16T08:06:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/police-election-day-security-was-good-as-usual\"},\"wordCount\":224,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/police-election-day-security-was-good-as-usual#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/07\/sm_1721104559.821439.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"democracy\",\"Elections\",\"Rwanda\",\"Rwanda decides\",\"Rwanda Election\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/police-election-day-security-was-good-as-usual#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/police-election-day-security-was-good-as-usual\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/police-election-day-security-was-good-as-usual\",\"name\":\"Police: Election Day security was 'good as usual' - 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