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There were more than 300 international visitors
This was revealed on Friday, July 12, 2024, when they met with the executive management of NEC to discuss and present to them more information about the election and its preparations, both what has been done and what is left.
NEC Chairman Oda Gasinzigwa said they wanted to meet with the observers in order to provide them with observer rules to help them relax and get on with their work but also understand what they can do and what they are not allowed to do even though most of them have been agreed at the international level.
“What we should be concerned about is that they should work where they are asked, and another thing is that they do not interfere in the actual elections, I want to explain that they are not the ones to give instructions on how the elections are conducted and how they are managed, there are people in charge, and another thing is about the announcement that we explained to them, that the chairman of the National Electoral Commission is the one who announces the results of the elections,” he said.
NEC Chairman Oda Gasinzigwa says great progress has been made in election preparations
He added: “The other thing is to tell you that they are not allowed to take photos in the workplace like everyone else, they can take photos like everyone else, but you can take photos of people voting or take photos of ballots to remind yourself, paper is not allowed.”
The Director General of Rwanda’s civil society said they will not only monitor the elections as they have been doing for a few days but the campaign is still going on.
He said, “It is not just about voting, we are also looking at how the campaign is going, what we see, we will collect it and bring it to the commission, and where it needs to be corrected, we will tell them. In the next election they will be able to correct it, and what I can say is that the elections have been well organized, Rwandans have been participating in the operation and it seems to be going well so far.”
More than 1,100 observers have been authorized to monitor Rwanda’s elections, according to the National Electoral Commission
According to NEC data, as of the morning of July 12, 2024, more than 1,100 observers have been admitted, including more than 300 at the international level and more than 700 at the domestic level, including representatives of international organizations such as the Commonwealth and various countries, representatives of relevant institutions, non-governmental organizations, women, youth, journalists, etc.
Reception of observers will continue until July 14, 2024, the day before voters in the country go to the polls.
More than 9 million Rwandans are expected to vote, including more than 2 million first-time Rwandans, with overseas Rwandan elections set to begin on July 14 and domestic Rwandan elections set to begin on July 15, 2024, where they will vote for the head of state and the president representing the political party, while on the 16th will be the election for representatives representing categories such as youth, women and people with disabilities, who will be chosen by the Electoral Assembly.
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