http://www.pambazuka.net/en/category.php/features/94279 FEATURES 'Under no circumstances' clause is inviolable On Rwanda's presidential terms limit in the 2003 constitution Charles KM Kambanda 2015-03-25, Issue 719 http://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/94279 Printer friendly version c c IN There is no legal instrument or method to circumvent the presidential terms limit under Article 101 of Rwanda's constitution, save for a coup which would suspend or abrogate the constitution in its entirety. By the letter and spirit of the 2003 constitution, while the length of a presidential term may be decreased or increased from the current seven years, the two terms limit cannot be legally lifted. A systematic move to drop presidential terms limit to allow the incumbent Paul Kagame to run for the same office after his two constitutional terms expire in 2017 has gained momentum in Rwanda. Top Kagame regime officials are on a crusa...
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