The election on Rwanda started Monday which is the second presidential election since the 1994 genocide.

The polls opened at 12:00 a.m. and it will close at 12:00 p.m. President Paul Kagame, the current president, is expected to retain his power even if the results will not be visible on Wednesday.

Under the administration of Kagame, who became the president of Rwanda in 2000, the gross domestic product of the country has doubled in the past decade under the administration of Kagame. As of now, the country is experiencing a growth in its construction industry most especially in the Rwanda’s Capital of Kagali. The area is starting to improve and it is slowly turning into a modern city. According to the report of the transparency International Organization, Rwanda is recently ranked as the least corrupt nation in the region.

Rwanda also has the highest number of female members of parliament in the world. Kagame has a very good record when it comes to his administration but there are still some issues the surrounds his presidency. There are several grenade attacks reported in the country recently. Faustin Kayumba Nyamasa, an army Lt. General, was shot in the stomach outside his house.

The general survived and said that the Kagame administration is behind the attempt on his life. After a couple of days, a journalist named Jean Leonard Rugambage, who claims to have the evidence that will prove that the administration is linked in the attempt assassination, is also killed outside of his own house. After a few weeks, Andre Kagawa, the deputy president of the opposition Democratic Green Party, is found dead at the river bank with his head completely detached.

Human rights groups and critics said that there is no opposition in the election. The opposition parties are only props just to show democracy on the country.