Makolo fires back Roth criticism on Rwanda election

Rwandan government spokesperson, Yolande Makolo, has called out American human rights activist Kenneth Roth,former executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), had who claimed that if President Paul Kagame was re-elected with 99 percent of the vote it would be a mockery of the electoral process.A

Accordingto Roth,” Doesn’t Rwanda’s Paul Kagame realize that when he “wins” an “election” with some 99 percent of the vote, he mocks the whole process, making everyone realize he wanted a charade because he wouldn’t risk a real election,” the activist wrote on X

Responding to the former head of the Human Rights Watch organization Makolo advised him to stop involving himself in Rwandan affairs.

“What process, whose process? People like Ken Roth need to get over the fact that they can never teach us how to live. Ever. Rwanda belongs to Rwandans. There’s a process in Ken’s country that needs serious attention – maybe focus on that?” Makolo stated in an apparent reference to the ongoing intense presidential election campaigns in the United States pitting President Joe Biden and former Head of State Donald Trump.

Partial results announced by National Electoral Commission chairperson Oda Gasinzigwa on Monday night showed that Kagame of the RPF Inkotanyi party was on course to secure a landslide victory with 99.15 percent of the votes cast. His closest challenger, Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, managed a mere 0.53 percent of the votes, while independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana got 0.32 percent.

Kagame had, during the campaign period, urged foreigners to respect Rwandans’ right to exercise their democracy by electing leaders of their choice.

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