What remedies are available in the first instance?
Rwanda
- Annulment of results / Cancellation of elections
- Correction of the results
? Organic Law governing presidential and legislativeelections
? N? 27/2010 of19/06/2010
? Article78: Role of Supreme Court in correcting election related errors
? TheSupreme Court shall nullify elections and declare fresh elections in a periodof ninety (90) days after the first election if the petitioned flaws havealtered in a determining way the result of the election.
? Wherethe Supreme Court notices that such flaws are not likely to lead to thecancellation thereof, it shall proceed with the rectification in a period notexceeding five (5) days following the decision. The rejection of claims istantamount to the confirmation of provisional results proclaimed by theNational Electoral Commission.
? http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/RW/rwanda-organic-law-nb0-17-2003-of-07-07-2003/view