Rwandan Parliamentary elections set for September 2018

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Kigali, Rwanda, January 30 (Infosplusgabon) -  The Rwanda's National Electoral Commission (NEC) has proposed parliamentary elections to be held not later than 4 September, saying that the electoral calendar is subject to approval by Cabinet, local media reported Tuesday in Kigali.

 

The Executive Secretary of NEC, Charles Munyaneza, was quoted by the English daily newspaper as saying that the the voters’ register is currently under preparation.

 

It is expected that due to the expected increase in number of voters, the country will also have more polling stations, the paper reported.

 

"The number of volunteers must increase and, because of that, we are planning to start training programmes for them early enough," Munyaneza was quoted as saying.

 

Out of the 80 member Lower Chamber of Parliament, 53 are drawn from political parties, 24 represent women and are drawn from the National Women Council, two are youth representatives, and one represents people with disabilities, it said.

 

FIN/INFOSPLUSGABON/RTF/ GABON 2018

 

 

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