"I don't think there is much that will change. It is just a ritual that happens after a few years. Its all pre-determined," he told DW.with a firm grip for decades, securing presidential victories in the elections of 2003, 2010, and 2017. Each time, he recieved over 90% of the vote.
Jean Pierre Muganga, a university graduate who will be voting for the first time, also does not expect any suprising results. "When you ask citizens in the countryside, they consider it a political party that helped them develop." For this reason, he says, he believes the party will win.A controversial constitutional amendment in 2015 enabled President Kagame to bypass the limit of two consecutive seven-year terms and allowed him to run for two additional five-year terms.
Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana are the only two candidates running against Kagame.