The constitution provides for a two house parliament , an elected President serving seven year terms , and multi-party politics . The constitution also sought to prevent Hutu or Tutsi hegemony over political power . Article 54 states that " political organizations are prohibited from basing themselves on race , ethnic group , tribe , clan , region , sex , religion or any other division which may give rise to discrimination " . In general it was men who had organised the Rwandan genocide and they were disproportionately the victims . The constitution reserved 24 of the 80 seats for women and this did not preclude other women from competing for the remaining seats in the lower house . This lower house has had nearly half of its members being female . Six places are also reserved for women in the upper house
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Constitution of Rwanda