The Liberal Party (PL) has commended Rwandans who voted for President-elect Paul Kagame, the RPF-Inkotanyi candidate who it endorsed during the just concluded presidential race. Kagame secured an astounding 99.18 per cent of the vote, leaving his opponents far behind according to provisional results released on July 18.

PL also praised Rwandans who voted for it during the parliamentary polls. The Liberal Party, as indicated by the provisional results, emerged second with 8.66 per cent of the votes after RPF-Inkotanyi-led coalition which won 68.83 per cent votes.

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The party had earlier submitted a list of 54 candidates — consisting 26 women — to represent it in parliamentary elections.

"PL praises Rwandans who massively voted for Paul Kagame, the candidate it endorsed in the presidential race. We are proud of his landslide victory. Liberal Party commends all Rwandans who trusted in it and voted for its candidates during parliamentary elections that were held on July 14 and July 15. The party welcomes the votes and victory it secured,” read part of the party’s statement.

The party promised Rwandans that it will continue to strive for the development of every Rwandan.

"This is through good governance, economic development and social welfare of citizens in which citizens have to get space for freely sharing ideas to leave no one behind in Rwanda’s development,” it added.