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[amakurunamateka.com] PM David Cameron’s example to African Dictators.

 

PM David Cameron's example to African Dictators.

Most dictators in some African countries have been justifying  their prospects to change the constitution to stay on power for ever  by citing UK Prime Minister as an example.
These  dictators are Museveni of Uganda, Kagame of Rwanda, Kabila of DR Congo and Nkurunziza of Burundi.
Now Prime Minister David Cameroon is saying that  this not case in the  UK.
More at:
David Cameron 'won't serve third term' if re-elected


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[amakurunamateka.com] Re:Kuki ibyo amashyaka asaba ubu bisa n'ibyo mu nyandiko ya ba Kayibanda yo ku ya 24/3/1957

 

IMYAKA 58 IRASHIZE: ESE HARI IHURIRO RY'IBYO BA KAYIBANDA BASABYE KU YA 24/03/1957 N'IBYO DUSABA UBU.


                Ntabwo twirirwa dutanga incamake y'inyandiko ya Kayibanda na bagenzi be banditse taliki ya 24/03/1957 i Kabgayi mu Rwanda kuko buri wese ayizi yayisomye kandi n'utarayisoma ashobora kuyikurura muri internet akayisoma. Yitwa " Note sur l'aspect social du probleme racial indigene au Rwanda", mu kinyarwanda umuntu akaba yavuga ko ari "Inyandiko igaragaza imiterere y'ikibazo cy'amoko mu Rwanda".

                Nyuma iyi nyandiko imaze gusohoka no gushyikirizwa Visi-Guverineri  Mukuru w'u Rwanda no gushyikirizwa Umwami w'u Rwanda Mutara III Rudahigwa, abasomye ibiyikubiyemo bayise "Manifeste des Bahutu" n'ubwo ba nyirayo atari ko bari barise inyandiko yabo.Hari n'abandi bayise icyo gihe "Inyandiko y'ibyifuzo by'abahutu (Cahier des doleances des bahutu)".  Abo bayanditse bakanayisinya, ni abanyarwanda icumi bakurikira: Gerigori Kayibanda,  Maximilien Niyonzima, Claver Ndahayo, Isidore Nzeyimana, Calliope Mulindahabi, Godefroid Sentama, Sylvestre Munyambonera, Joseph Sibomana, Joseph Gitera, na Louis Mbaraga.


                Aba banyarwanda icumi bo mu bwoko bw'abahutu binjije amazina yabo mu mateka y'u Rwanda, mu nyandiko yabo ya kiriya gihe basabaga ibi bikurikira:

1)gukuraho ivangurabwoko ryari ryaribasiye abahutu kuva mu kinyejana cya 16 kugeza kiriya gihe, no kwemeza ko nta bwoko bugomba gusumba ubundi;

2)gukuraho ubwikanyize(monopole) bw'abatutsi muri politiki, mu butegetsi,  mu bukungu, mu mibereho myiza, no mu burezi;

3)guca urugomo n'akarengane byakorerwaga abanyarwnda bo mu bwoko bw'abahutu mu Rwanda;

4)gukuraho akazi k'uburetwa no gukubitwa ibiboko byakorerwaga abahutu,  bakajya bahembwa amafaranga angana n'umurimo bakoze aho gukora badahembwa;

5) Leta kwemeza umutungo w'ubutaka wa buri munyarwanda, isambu ye akayigengaho;
6)kwishyira ukizana mu kuvuga no kwandika icyo umuntu atekereza;

7)uko nta bukoloni bw'umuzungu ku mwirabura ni nako nta bukoloni bw'umututsi ku muhutu;
8)abanyarwanda bose kureshya imbere y'amategeko;

9)gushyira abahutu mu nzego z'ubutegetsi, mu bakozi ba leta, bo mu ntara, bo mu turere, no mu bucamanza;

10)igihe kirageze kandi ko abayobozi b'intara, uturere,  n'abacamanza batorwa n'abaturage;

11)guha amahirwe angana ku bana b'u Rwanda bose mu kwiga amashuli yisumbuye, amakuru na kaminuza;

12)kwibohoza kw'abahutu bakava mu bucakara bakagera kw'iterambere rya bose kandi muri byose : muri politiki, mu butegetsi, mu burezi, mu bukungu, umuco , n'imibereho myiza y'abaturage;

13)gukuraho ubwikanyize n'ubwiharire bw'abatutsi ku gihugu cyose n'ibyacyo byose, ibyiza by'igihugu bigasangirwa na bene kanyarwanda bose.

                Kayibanda na bagenzi be bamaze kwandika iriya nyandiko ikubiyemo ibi byose n'ibindi byinshi tutiriwe dusubiramo, abatutsi 12 b'abajyanama b'Umwami Mutara III Rudahigwa bashubije abahutu mu nyandiko yabo yo ku ya 18/5/1958 ko ntacyo bafite gusangira cy'igihugu kuko abasangira ibyiza by'igihugu ari abafite icyo bapfana , ko  bo icyo bapfana ari uko abahutu(ba Kayibanda) bababera abagaragu abatutsi bakababera ba shebuja.


                Umwami  Mutara III Rudahigwa n'abajyanama be b'i Bwami bamaze gusubiza ba Kayibanda n'agasuzuguro kangana kuriya, Kayibanda na bagenzi be bahise bafata icyemezo cyo gushinga ishyaka rya politiki ryo guharanira biriya byose bari basabye. Kw'italiki ya 9/10.1959 ni bwo bateraniye i Kabgayi na none maze batangiza ishyaka rya politiki bise Parti du Mouvement de l'Emancipation des Bahutu (PARMEHUTU) bashingiye kuri raporo y'Umuryango w'Abibumbye(ONU/UN) yo mu 1948 yasanze mu Rwanda hari ubucakara ku banyarwanda bo mu bwoko bw'abahutu igasaba ko habaho ukwibohora kwabo yise "Emancipation hutu".

 

Abanyarwanda  makumyabiri na batanu, bahereye ku bitekerezo byari bikubiye muri iriya nyandiko yiswe Manifeste y'abahutu yo ku ya 24/3/1957 , bateguye kandi bemeza  amahame-remezo y' ishyaka PARMEHUTU taliki ya 9/10/1959. Amazina y'abo banyarwanda ni aya:  Kayibanda Gregoire, Mpakaniye Lazare, Sagahutu Jean, Ndabagumiye Thadee, Ntakayobazi Aloys, Liserurande Jean,  Rwagahirima Gaspard, Sembwa Pierre, Rukeramihigo Isaac, Nkeramuheto Tharcisse, Karuta Tharcisse, Nkiranuye Calliope,  Bizindoli Leopold, Niyonzima Maximilien, Mulindahabi Calliope, Habyarimana Jean, Muberabahizi Ladislas, Mbarubukeye Athanase,  Ndendahayo Antoine, Ndimbira Stanislas, Semuhungu Boniface, Mbaraga Louis, Muvunankiko Gerard, Gashugi Theodore, na Banzi Wellars.


                Taliki ya 15/11/1959, ishyaka ry'abatutsi Rassemblement Democratique Rwandais (RADER) ryari riyobowe n'igikomangoma Bwanakweli Prosper ryatangaje inyandiko ryise "La voix de la Paix(Ijwi ry'Amahoro)", inyandiko yashyigikiraga ibyo Kayibanada na bagenzi be bandikiye Umwami Rudahigwa na Visi- Guverineri Mukuru w'u Rwanda taliki ya 24/3/1957. Bavuze ko bifite ishingiro kandi ko bikwiye guhita bishyirwa mu bikorwa, cyane cyane ibirebana n'isangira ry'ubutegetsi hagati y'abatutsi n'abahutu, no guhabwa imyanya kw'abahutu mu kazi ka leta  no mu mashuli yisumbuye,  amakuru, na Kaminuza.


Iyo usomye witonze ibikubiye muri iriya nyandiko y'ibyifuzo by'abahutu ya Kayibanda na bagenzi be yo kw'italiki ya 24/3/1957, ukareba uburyo yashyigikiwe n'abatutsi bo mw'ishyaka RADER ry'igikomangoma Bwanakweli  Prosper, ubona bisa n'iby'ubu aho amashyaka ya opposition atavuga rumwe na FPR, yaba ayinganjemo abahutu yaba n'ayiganjemo abatutsi, yose avuga rumwe mu kurwanya leta ya FPR, kurwanya ivangurabwoko ryibasiye abahutu, guharanira isangira ry'ubutegetsi hagati y'abatutsi n'abahutu, guharanira ko ikigega cya leta gifasha n'abana b'abahutu kujya mu mashuli yisumbuye amakuru na Kaminuza aho gufasha abatutsi gusa, gutanga akazi muri leta no mu bucamanza hadakurikijwe ubwoko ahubwo hakurikijwe ubushobozi kugirango n'abahutu babone akazi muri leta ari benshi, guha amahoro abikorera utwabo bose, baba abahutu baba abatutsi, Leta ntijye kubavangira, kubabuza uburyo no kubahombya hakurikijwe ubwoko bwabo cyangwa se ikimenyane, guca urugomo rwa leta iriho n'akarengane, n'ibindi. Ibi byose biriho ubu amashyaka ya opposition atavuga rumwe na FPR asaba, aharanira,  birasa n'ibyo Kayibanda na bagenzi be basabaga mu 1957. Biragaragara rero ko kuva icyo gihe, imyaka ishize ari 58 tutararenga amutaru! Inzira nta n'ubwo ikiri ndende gusa, ahubwo iracayri yose!


                Perezida Gregoire Kayibanda wari kw'isonga ry'abanditse inyandiko yinjiye mu mateka y'u Rwanda yo ku ya 24/3/1957, yasize mu 1976 asabye ko bazandika ku mva ye aya magambo mu kilatini no mu kinyarwanda: " Libertatem filiorum Dei"/ "Tubohore abana b'Imana". Ubu mu 2015, kubohora u Rwanda n'abanyarwanda ni yo ntero ni yo nyikirizo mu mashyaka yose atavuga rumwe na leta ya Kagame na FPR ye;  kujya kubohora u Rwanda n'abana b'u Rwanda bose no kubakura ko ngoyi y'agafuni kajanjagura umutwe nka kariya bicishije Assinapol Rwigara, umugozi ukebanya ijosi nk'uwo bicishije Col Karegeya, n'akandoyi gasatura agatuza nka kariya baziritse abo baroshye mu Kagera no mu kiyaga cya Rweru.


Bikorewe i Savannah muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika taliki ya 21/03/2015;

Dr. Gasana Anastase, umuyobozi w'ishyaka PRM/MRP-ABASANGIZI;

Mr. Mukeshimana Isaac, Visi-Perezida ushinzwe ibya politiki;

Mr. Batungwanayo Janvier, Visi-Perezida ushinzwe ihuzabikorwa by'ishyaka.

Niba ushaka kugira icyo utubaza cyangwa se kutwungura igitekerezo, twandikire kuri email y'ishyaka ryacu ari yo  abasangizi@gmail.com

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-The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
-I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.
-The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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[amakurunamateka.com] FW: *DHR* qui est cet homme dans le gouvernement du FRP-inkotanyi?

 


Yes!  L'humain ou qu'il soit, aime et se trompe de la meme maniere!

Yego shenge! Umuntu aho yaba ali hose, akunda kandi yibeshya mu bulyo bumwe! 


Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 10:38:05 +0000
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Turwanye ubuswa n'ubutindi bw'abatunzwe no kubeshya baharabika abo badashaka! Ntaho bibageza, ni bya bindi ngo imbwa ziramoka ariko ntizibuza abagenzi urugendo.... 
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On Friday, 20 March 2015, 19:03, MUSABYIMANA JEAN DE DIEU <musajados@yahoo.fr> wrote:


Ngire icyo mbwira inkotanyi yiyita didy minani:

iyo tubajije ngo musobanure niba iyi foto iri hano hasi ari iy'inkoramaraso Kabare-be uzwiho kaba yararimbuye ikiremwantu muri Uganda, mu Rwanda no muri Congo, ntabwo tuba tubabwiye gukora spéculation mukoresha amafoto adafite aho ahuriye n'ibyo mubajijwe. Ikindi nagirango mwire iyi nkotanyi nkoramaraso yiyita Dady minani, ni uko gutandukira ugashyira za image witako ari amafoto ya NYAKUBAHWA JUVENAL HABYARIMANA, yewe n'izo muri debut du siècle de1990, warangiza ukandika ngo " quand on vient de loin..." bigaragara ko uri emputy mu mutwe rwose. Niba koko amafoto ushyira ku mbuga yo muri 1937 yaba koko ari aya NYAKUBAHWA JUVENAL HABYARIMANA, byerekana ko ahubwo ababyeyi be bari barabonye izuba kare kandi ko bari bajijutse.
Ngaho rero reka gutandukira nkuko inkotanyi mwabimenyereye, maze utubwire nyiriyifoto iri hano



Le Mercredi 18 mars 2015 23h41, Didy Minani <didyminani@yahoo.com> a écrit :


Qui est cet homme?


On Wednesday, March 18, 2015 4:15 PM, "MUSABYIMANA JEAN DE DIEU musajados@yahoo.fr [Democracy_Human_Rights]" <Democracy_Human_Rights@yahoogroupes.fr> wrote:


 
Est-il Kabare-be le ministre de l'armée de Kagame?
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-The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
-I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.
-The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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[amakurunamateka.com] Gusaba udusobanuro

 

Yemwe Radio itahuka  murakabyara!
Aha http://www.blogtalkradio.com/radioitahuka/2015/03/20/ubukungu-nimibereho-myiza-yabaturage-amakuru-anyuranye-avugwa-muri-kino-gihe  bwana Joseph Ngarambe aratangazwa n'iki kuba bwana Bill Clinton yazanye uruganda rwo gukaranga ikawa (Usine de torrefaction de cafe deparche)? 
Abanyamerika se ntibafite uburenganzira bwo gukora ibyo bashaka mu gihugu bakunda cyane, mbese bafata nk'indi State ya USA, bo na ba allies babo bakarohamo imali uko bashoboye kose, bikaba binatubyalira  amagorofa amera i Kigali ubu? 
 
Ahubwo kuki abagiraneza badakomeza kuzana imfashanyo zo gusiba kiliya cyuho cya budget Ngarambe na East Arican Journal batubwira? Kuki se bashaka ko umwana utarakura yigenza, ntabwo se bazi ko ufasha Afrika ahozaho?  
 
Naho kuba Rwanda nta makawa ahagije yeza, umunyarwenya yavuga ko nta kibazo, abagira inama ati: bazafate ayera i Congo, i Bugande ndetse no muli Ethiopia bayazane i Kigali, azahita aba menshi ndetse uruganda rwa Clinton rushobora no kuzaba ruto, bikazaba ngombwa ko barwagura!   
 

UR yacu ya Rwanda yo ili muli mouvement nka zimwe zo kwa Mobutu. Reka twibutse abato uko byagenze:

Hali University Lovanium i Kinshasa yali icyamamare muli Afrika (higagamo abanyarwanda urugero: Hitayezu, Katabarwa, Abarundi, abo muli South Africa, aba Kenya, aba Tchad, etc.) ngira ngo yali mu nke za Afrika zatangaga PhD, zemewe mu Buraya n'Amerika. Hakaba  hali n'izindi universities zicililitse mu yindi mijyi  (Lubumbashi, Kisangani) kimwe na za instituts specialises hilya no hino nka ENA-Kinshasa, ISP-Bukavu, za ISEA,  etc.  Mobutu agira atya arabisenya ngo batutse nyina mama Yemo,  abibumbira mu kintu kimwe cyitwaga Universite Nationale du Zaire (UNAZA). Icyo gihindugembe cyali mu maboko ya Musenyeri Tshibangu Tshishiku kirazungazunga, kugeza aho gisandariye ubwo na Mobutu nawe yali ageze  mu marembera. Nguko uko Congo yarohamye, imwe yali itwaliye urumuli ibihugu byinshi by'Afrika ihinduka indili y'umwijima, aho RPF/RDF byirwa bicana amatadowa kugeza byohereza umusore Kabarebe ngo abe chef d'etat major w'intwaramiheto zayo.  

Ngayo nguko!


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-The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
-I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.
-The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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[amakurunamateka.com] ON RWANDA’S PRESIDENTIAL TERMS LIMIT IN THE 2003 RWANDAN CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED

 

A referendum to amend Article 101 of the Rwandan Constitution would be illegal and null. Article 101 of the Rwandan Constitution cannot be amended by a referendum because such a referendum would amount to "circumstance," yet Article 101 provides that "under no circumstance …" can the Article 101 provision be modified.
Charles Kambanda
Charles Kambanda9:50pm Mar 22 
ON RWANDA'S PRESIDENTIAL TERMS LIMIT IN THE 2003 RWANDAN CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED:

There is no legal instrument or methods to circumvent the terms limit save for a coup which would suspend or abrogate the Rwandan Constitution in its entirety.

A systematic move to drop presidential terms limit, to allow the incumbent to run for the same office after his two constitutional terms expire in 2017, is gaining momentum in Rwanda. Top Kagame regime officials are on a crusade to popularize their plan to drop term limit from the constitution. No Rwandan but current President Paul Kagame, they argue, is capable of leading the country. It appears that the Kagame regime wants to give the world the idea that "the people" are begging Kagame to stay in power, contrary to what "the people" have already said under Article 101 of the Rwandan Constitution.

Wrong argument and motive:

The gist of the Kagame regime's argument is that "the people" have powers to change any provision of the constitution at any time they believe a provision or a combination of provisions in the constitution has been overtaken by events. The common stanza in Kagame's camp is that no Rwandan is capable of leading the country; Kagame cannot go just because the constitution dictates he must. The constitution must therefore be amended to keep Kagame in the country's top office. It appears to me that the top office is Kagame's shield from prosecution for crimes in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which have been alleged in international courts. It is evident that the Presidency is to President Kagame what water is for fish. He will probably stop at nothing to hold on to power as long as it's possible for him. In any case, he took power by the gun, he rules by the gun.

Strategy to amend the Rwandan Constitution:
Article 101 of the Rwandan Constitution provides that, "The President of the Republic is elected for a term of seven years, renewable only once. Under no circumstances shall a person hold the office of President of Republic for more than two terms." 

This constitutional provision is categorical on three major points:

(a) No circumstance – external or internal, political or social, present or future by any institution or individual - may be the basis for allowing any person to be president if that person has served two terms. Clearly stated, no amendment to this provision is possible as such grounds for such amendment would amount to circumstances that are certainly prohibited by the "under no circumstance" clause of Article 101.

(b) Whether one serves two presidential terms uninterrupted or interrupted, two terms is the cut-off point; no person can hold that office beyond two terms under the 2003 Rwandan Constitution.

(c) Serving more than two terms is as prohibited, as is amending Article 101 on terms limit. Consequently, as long as the 2003 constitution is in force, no circumstance – including "the people's" zeal to keep Kagame is permitted to modify this provision.

Article 101 cannot be amended under Article 193 of Rwandan Constitution:

Article 193 provides that "The power to initiate amendment of the Constitution is vested concurrently in the President of the Republic upon the proposal of the Cabinet and each Chamber of Parliament upon a resolution passed by a two thirds majority vote of its members. The passage of a constitutional amendment requires a three quarters majority vote of the members of each chamber of Parliament. However, if the constitutional amendment concerns the term of the President of the Republic or the system of democratic government based on political pluralism, or the constitutional regime established by this Constitution especially the republican form of the government or national sovereignty, the amendment must be passed by referendum, after adoption by each Chamber of Parliament…" Apparently, Kagame regime wrongly believes that the constitution amendment procedure under Article 193 including a referendum applies to Article 101 on presidential terms limit.

Articles 101 and 193 of Rwandan constitution are distinguishable:

First, whereas under Article 193, the President and Parliament may initiate an amendment to the constitution, Article 101 "under no circumstance" clause prevents the President or Parliament to initiate amendment to Article 101 because any reasons and/or circumstances for such amendment would trigger Article 101 "under no circumstances …" clause.

Second, whereas Article 193 provides for amendment of other provisions of the constitution for the constitution to adopt to changing circumstances, using any circumstance thereof would be inconsistent with Article 101 " under no circumstance …" clause. Consequently, any law that seeks to amend Article 101 to reflect changing circumstances (political or social) - to the extent it is inconsistent with Article 101 "under no circumstance" clause - is null and void under Article 200 of the Rwandan Constitution, which provides that "The Constitution is the supreme law of the state. Any law which is contrary to this Constitution is null and void".

Third, while Article 193 of the Rwandan Constitution provides for amendment to the current number of years per presidential term (seven years), Article 101 deals with the number of years one presidential term lasts and the number of terms after which a person cannot hold the Rwanda's top office ( two terms). Therefore, while the number of years each presidential term can last is subject to amendment under Article 193, the number of terms (2 terms) a person can be a president is not subject to change because Article 101 has already sealed the number of terms to two not renewable terms. While Article 193 provides "… if the constitutional amendment concerns the term of the President of the Republic or the system of democratic government based on political pluralism […] the amendment must be passed by referendum, after adoption by each Chamber of Parliament…", Article 101 provides "The President of the Republic is elected for a term of seven years renewable only once. Under no circumstances shall a person hold the office of President of Republic for more than two terms". There is a difference between term (singular) – which refers to the number of years per term and terms (plural) – which refers to the number of terms a person can be a president under Rwanda's constitution. In both Article 101 and Article 193, the word "term" refers to the number of years that constitute a term while the word "terms" in Article 101 refers to the number of terms a person can be president. While Article 193 provides for amendment of presidential term (7 years), the Article is silent about the process to amend presidential "terms" because Article 101 sealed presidential terms off for amendment under the "under no circumstance …" clause. 

A referendum to amend Article 101 would be illegal and null:
Article 101 of the Rwandan Constitution cannot be amended by a referendum because such a referendum would amount to "circumstance," yet Article 101 provides that "under no circumstance …" can the Article 101 provision be modified.

A referendum in Rwanda's constitution is provided for to amend, inter alia, the number of years one presidential term can last as provided for under Article 193 "… if the constitutional amendment concerns the term of the President of the Republic or the system of democratic government based on political pluralism, […] the amendment must be passed by referendum, after adoption by each Chamber of Parliament…".

Therefore, whereas the number of years one term of the president can be more than 7 or even less than 7 if that amendment is passed by referendum after adoption by each Chamber, Article 101 is beyond that; not even a referendum would modify Article 101 because "The President of the Republic is elected for [one] term of seven years, renewable only once [and] Under no circumstances shall a person hold the office of President of Republic for more than two terms", as per Article 101 of Rwanda's constitution.

Article 193 of Rwanda's constitution is wrongly cited by Kagame government as the basis for overriding Article 101 which slaps a complete ban on a person's stay in power after serving two terms. There is no inconsistency between Article 101 and Article 193. In any case, the framers of Rwanda's constitution cannot have intended that one Article of the Constitutions invalidates another provision of the constitution. Certainly, the framers of the constitution used "term" and "terms" to mean two different things in Article 101. The fact that the framers of the constitution subjected presidential "term" to amendment under Article 193 without subjecting presidential "terms" to amendment under 193 is revealing; the "under no circumstance …" clause on presidential terms limit is unaffected by the constitutional amendment process under Article 193

Article 101 of Rwanda's constitution cannot be amended. The framers of Rwanda's constitution worded Article 101 in such a way that any reason or circumstance anybody or a group of people might have against the presidential terms limit cannot be used to amend Article 101 because the Article foresaw all those possible "reasons" and circumstances and concluded that "under no circumstance…" and, accordingly, Article 200 puts it clearly that any law or act to tamper with Article 101 or any other provision of the constitution is null and void. 

The framers of the 2003 Rwanda constitution sealed off presidential terms limit from amendment probably because Rwandans are aware of the dangers of one group of people holding on to power indefinitely. Rwandan's political history is characterized by extreme violence and militant rulers loading it over their subjects indefinitely. This has always led to wars and horrific crimes. It's not surprising that the 2003 constitution is unique on presidential terms limit.

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