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  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...

  And yet in one important respect he [King Paul] has failed. In history's judgment, leaders are only as good as the successors they groom. Mr Kagame has sacked or chased away just about everyone around him who could take over. Some have fled the country and a few have died in mysterious circumstances; others went to prison. In Rwanda it feels inconceivable that anyone could replace Mr Kagame, who last year said that dissidents plotting against the government would "pay the price wherever they are." http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21647365-successful-man-no-successor-king-paul ### "Hate Cannot Drive Out Hate. Only Love Can Do That",  Dr. Martin Luther King . __._,_.___ Posted by: Nzinink <nzinink@yahoo.com> Reply vi...

  USA: How does Africa get reported? A letter of concern to 60 Minutes http://sfbayview.com/2015/03/how-does-africa-get-reported-a-letter-of-concern-to-60-minutes/#.VRRW-XxiamE.facebook ### "Hate Cannot Drive Out Hate. Only Love Can Do That",  Dr. Martin Luther King . __._,_.___ Posted by: Nzinink <nzinink@yahoo.com> Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • Start a New Topic • Messages in this topic (1) ...

  http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0MM1H420150326?irpc=932 Email Facebook Twitter By Patrick Nduwimana BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Dozens of senior officials in Burundi's ruling party have urged President Pierre Nkurunziza to abandon a quest for a third term this June to avoid renewed violence in the landlocked central African nation. Some 79 members of the CNDD-FDD Party wrote to Nkurunziza on Monday, a spokesman for the group said on Thursday, joining a rising chorus of critics saying he cannot run again under the terms of a 2000 deal to end years of fighting between Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups. The party responded by sacking 10 initial signatories, including Nkurunziza's spokesman, the party's spokesman, three members of parliament and a provincial governor, newly-appointed CNDD-FDD spokesman Gelase Ndabirabe said. "The issue about a third term for the current president continues to raise tension and divide the Burundia...

  http://www.blackstarnews.com/global-politics/europe/given-its-lessons-in-recovery-from-terror-state-germany ### "Hate Cannot Drive Out Hate. Only Love Can Do That",  Dr. Martin Luther King . __._,_.___ Posted by: Nzinink <nzinink@yahoo.com> Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • Start a New Topic • Messages in this topic (1) ...

  http://www.africaglobalvillage.com/africa/central-africa/rwanda/2345-a-great-deal-of-intelligence-can-be-invested-in-ignorance-when-the-need-for-illusion-is-deep.html ### "Hate Cannot Drive Out Hate. Only Love Can Do That",  Dr. Martin Luther King . __._,_.___ Posted by: Nzinink <nzinink@yahoo.com> Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • Start a New Topic • Messages in this topic (1) ...

  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 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32022484 __._,_.___ Posted by: Afrika Watch <afrikawatch@yahoo.com> Reply via web post • Reply to sender ...

  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 posted in Friends of Reason Charles Kambanda 9:50pm 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 constitu...