Quote:Kagame has made it clear on several occasions that he will not change the constitution to stay in power.
“I don’t want to be involved in changing the constitution so that I stay in power,” he replied. “And particularly changing the constitution for that purpose – I would really hate it. I don’t intend to do that.”
Scrutinised closely though, his response suggests that if any reason other than his staying in power comes up that “necessitates” changing the constitution, the constitution can be changed. While one could also infer that although Kagame himself does not “intend” to change the constitution, he may not mind anyone else getting involved in doing so.
One point stands out in Rwanda’s succession politics: Kagame’s only safe exit in 2017 – presuming he decides to go – will be through choosing a successor who would not hold him accountable for his past actions and guarantee his security in Rwanda, given that he has two international arrest warrants hanging over him.
But in a country where his biggest threat is not the Hutu majority but his fellow Tutsis, specifically those who made him who he is now, finding a successor whose protection he could trust and powerful enough to quell a Tutsi intra-group resistance is not easy
So he has 2 international arrest warrants?
He termed them silly.
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.