The Supreme Court today accepted a petition from the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda to hear a case in which the party accuses the Government of breaching the Constitution by participating in the process that seeks amendment of Article 101 of the supreme law to allow President Paul Kagame a chance to run for another term in office.

The court set September 23 as the date for the hearing.

Green Party wants the Supreme Court to rule against the ongoing efforts to lift term limits from the constitution.

The petition was filed after more than 3.7 million Rwandans (72 per cent of eligible voters) delivered petitions to both chambers of parliament asking it to initiate the process to lift the two-term restriction from the constitution.

Presiding judge Immaculée Nyirinkwaya said the Supreme Court has the jurisdiction to handle petitions related to the constitution and could not delegate that role to any other institution.

Both chambers of parliament have since approved the proposed amendment to the constitution and paved the way for the establishment of a constitutional review commission.