Rwanda's senate president resigns: report
Supporters of Jean Damascene Ntawukuliryayo at a past rally on August 5,
2010. He resigned from Rwanda's upper house Wednesday citing personal
reasons. PHOTO | SIMON MAINA | AFP
By AFP
Posted Thursday, September 18 2014 at 09:23
In Summary
* A former presidential candidate, the 53-year old is a member of
Rwanda's second-largest political party, the Social Democratic Party (PSD),
a member of the ruling coalition.
The president of Rwanda's upper house resigned Wednesday citing personal
reasons, but following a petition from colleagues to discuss how he ran the
Senate, reports said. Jean-Damascene Ntawukuliryayo resigned as Senate
president, a post he had occupied since 2011, but he remains a senator.
A former presidential candidate, the 53-year old is a member of Rwanda's
second-largest political party, the Social Democratic Party (PSD), a member
of the ruling coalition.
Kigali's New Times newspaper reported his resignation followed a "petition
from 15 senators calling for an extraordinary session to discuss how
Ntawukuliryayo exercised his duties as Senate president." No other details
were given.
Rwanda has shown dramatic economic successes in recent years, with its GDP
per capita growing five-fold in the past two decades, according to the World
Bank.
But critics accuses the country's authoritarian rulers of suppressing
dissent.
Thé Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja and Dr. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda is in
anarchy"
Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi
"Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja na Dk. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda ni
katika machafuko"
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