Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has said that he is yet to make a decision on whether to run for a third term after the elapse of his current one in 2017, Reuters reports.
Kagame has been in power since the end of the country’s genocide in 1994, and has been urged by the United States to respect the constitution and leave at the end of his current term.
Kagame reportedly told officials of the governing Rwanda Patriotic Front that he is still “listening” to the arguments and will make a decision after a referendum on whether the constitution should be changed so that he can seek re-election.
“Whatever you want from me will be based on the decision of the referendum and thus my answer will come after the referendum,” he said.
Rwandese Parliament supports the plans to change the constitution to allow Kagame to run for another seven-year term in 2017 plus two more terms after that.
If the changes are approved by voters, he could potentially stay in power until 2034.
