The Social Democratic Party (PSD) headed by natural resources minister Dr Vincent Biruta has endorsed imminent RPF Inkotanyi candidate Paul Kagame for the August Presidential elections.
At the party’s General Assembly convened on Saturday in Kigali, Biruta said that the party, after consulting all its members, has decided to ally with RFP.
PSD’s Sen. Augustin Iyamuremye told journalists that his party also considered a request by millions of Rwandans for President Kagame to be their next leader
He added that PSD further considers the solid working relations with RPF – another factor that pushed them to back its candidate.
“PSD members willingly endorsed a decision to support His Excellency Paul Kagame as their candidate,” he said.
At the assembly which coincided with the Party’s silver jubilee, PSD members unanimously voted for the decision.
Dr Biruta said his party supports RPF’s power-sharing policy which he said appointed Anastase Murekezi- a PSD member as the Prime Minister.
During the 2010 presidential elections, PSD had chosen Senator Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo as flag-bearer. He lost to RPF’s Paul Kagame.
While PSD was endorsing Kagame, RPF members were also conducting primaries to choose a flag-bearer.
Another political party Political liberty(PL) also came out yesterday declared that they were endorsing the RPF candidate.
The Announcement was made by the party president Donatille Mukabilisa who said that they party was satisfied with the decision reached upon by the party congress to back the incumbent ,with the view that he would put into considerations the aspirations of PL as well those of all Rwandans
However this development came few days after another Candidate Diane Shima Rwigara held a press conference and accused the police and intelligence services of arresting and harassing her agents and supporters.
“My agents who are helping to collect signatures are being arrested and harassed by police and intelligence services who tell them that they will be charged with treason for going against Kagame” Diane told Journalists on Thursday
The presidential hopeful further told journalist that she had already acquired the required 600 signatures and that it is a matter of time and RPF government will be no more
