KIGALI, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda's opposition Democratic Green Party has nominated Frank Habineza as its flag bearer for the coming presidential elections slated for August 4.
A statement released by the party on Tuesday said the flag bearer was elected at the party's first national congress held last Sunday.
The statement issued by Jean Claude Ntezimana, the party's secretary-general, outlines several areas in their manifesto.
They include fighting food insecurity by introducing better farming methods, addressing unemployment, introducing sustainable progressive taxation, and promoting freedoms of expression, association, worship, and media.
It promises to establish at least one hospital per district and a reference hospital each province, and set up health centers in all administrative sectors of the country.
Rwandans will go to polls on August 4 to elect the Head of State in the country's third multiparty presidential elections, while Rwandans abroad will cast votes a day earlier.
A constitutional amendment passed last year means that President Paul Kagame of the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front is eligible to stand for re-election for another seven-year term.
Figures from the National Electoral Commission indicate that about 6.6 million Rwandans are expected to cast their vote in the election.
Rwanda's first multiparty democratic presidential poll took place in 2003 while the second in 2010. Both were won by Kagame. Political analysts believe Kagame will easily win another term.
