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Press Review of 23 November 2005
Today's local press comment on various subjects.
The Independent Electoral Commission recently submitted 'a request to the parliament calling on the latter to approve the date set for the constitutional referendum [18 December 2005],' reports Le Potentiel. 'The parliament must now consider the possibility of amending the referendum law,' indicates L'Observateur, echoing the speaker of the National Assembly. Be that as it may, 'the referendum campaign is due to start within fifteen days and end twenty four hours before the ballots.' This implies, 'the National Assembly must immediately pronounce itself if the calendar is to be strictly respected.' Otherwise, 'they will run the risk of breaking the law by obliging the Independent Electoral Commission to postpone the popular referendum and, once again, request an amendment of the referendum law,' warns Le Potentiel.
The Independent Electoral Commission recently submitted 'a request to the parliament calling on the latter to approve the date set for the constitutional referendum [18 December 2005],' reports Le Potentiel. 'The parliament must now consider the possibility of amending the referendum law,' indicates L'Observateur, echoing the speaker of the National Assembly. Be that as it may, 'the referendum campaign is due to start within fifteen days and end twenty four hours before the ballots.' This implies, 'the National Assembly must immediately pronounce itself if the calendar is to be strictly respected.' Otherwise, 'they will run the risk of breaking the law by obliging the Independent Electoral Commission to postpone the popular referendum and, once again, request an amendment of the referendum law,' warns Le Potentiel.
About twenty days ahead of the constitutional referendum, 'DRC's security situation remains alarming,' reports Le Phare, indicating, 'gangs of Interhamwe Hutu killers continue plundering the Eastern DRC and spreading death and desolation. They loot, rape, burglarize, and decimate human lives like in the past in all impunity,' reports Le Phare.
Moreover, 'any postponement of proceedings on the draft electoral law by the parliament will reduce the chances of organizing elections in DRC,' says Le Palmarès. Most alarming, 'too many little schemes are being concocted to disrupt the electoral process,' reports L'Avenir, citing the examples of 'the MPs attempting to take advantage of the differences of approach about the law on amnesty so as to push the process to a stalemate (') and those seeking to secure a new transition,' believes L'Avenir.
In the meantime, 'DRC armed forces in Ituri have regained control of the Similiki Valley, following violent clashes with militia groups in Kagaba, three days ago.' Were there any victims' 'No victims were reported among the loyalist forces except seven injured, four of whom seriously while several militiamen were killed and 57 injured. Lots of them were arrested and thrown into prison,' reports La Tempête des Tropiques. FARDC's offensive against militiamen were backed by 'the Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Moroccan peacekeepers of MONUC,' adds Le Potentiel.
Moreover, 'any postponement of proceedings on the draft electoral law by the parliament will reduce the chances of organizing elections in DRC,' says Le Palmarès. Most alarming, 'too many little schemes are being concocted to disrupt the electoral process,' reports L'Avenir, citing the examples of 'the MPs attempting to take advantage of the differences of approach about the law on amnesty so as to push the process to a stalemate (') and those seeking to secure a new transition,' believes L'Avenir.
In the meantime, 'DRC armed forces in Ituri have regained control of the Similiki Valley, following violent clashes with militia groups in Kagaba, three days ago.' Were there any victims' 'No victims were reported among the loyalist forces except seven injured, four of whom seriously while several militiamen were killed and 57 injured. Lots of them were arrested and thrown into prison,' reports La Tempête des Tropiques. FARDC's offensive against militiamen were backed by 'the Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Moroccan peacekeepers of MONUC,' adds Le Potentiel.
