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Rwanda National Police (RNP) has commended the conduct of all players in the pre- election campaigns which ended on Saturday ahead of today’s parliamentary polls.
RNP spokesperson, Commissioner of Police (CP) Theos Badege said the campaigns which started on August 13 were “incident-free.”
“There was no incident registered during campaigns; no road accident related to elections registered, candidates and their supporters exercised their rights in a lawful manner,” CP Badege said.
“We have a joint security plan, we are working with other stakeholders under the coordination of the National Electoral Commission (NEC). We are also working with local leaders to ensure that the whole electoral process becomes successful with no incident,” he explained.
The security plan, he said, is designed to "enable a safe environment for electoral agents, voters and observers to ensure smooth process."
He observed that “Rwandans understand their rights” and that they are accustomed to peaceful elections. “We have no doubt that even the voting process will be any different.”
“We have deployed police officers at all polling sites, escorted election materials and currently guarding them at all polling centres; the whole joint security plan is designed to ensure that elections are peaceful as usual, ensure safety and security of voters including safe movement and post-elections celebrations.”
The spokesperson, however, called upon the general public to always be vigilant and continue to exercise their community policing rights to report anything that might destabilize elections or affect their safety and wellbeing.
