After the Friday street demonstrations, "the situation has returned to normal in Bukavu," says L'Observateur. To cope with the insecurity, "Congolese army troops jointly with the Intelligence Office agents of the DGM and MONUC peacekeepers are conducting night patrols there," says L'Observateur. For the purposes of investigations, "President Kabila dispatched a delegation comprised of his different services to Bukavu," reports Le Potentiel.

With the Bukavu killings, we have every right to "call into question the management of the military troops," says La Référence Plus. We can as well question "the military integration of the different troops from the ex-belligerent components," writes La Référence Plus. In "the Kinshasa chanceries however, information have leaked out that the elite troops of the ex-belligerents have not been integrated," reports La Référence Plus.

One needs to consider two aspects in the Bukavu events, "the political and the military," says Le Potentiel. One may be tempted to say "the incidents were meant to undermine Joseph Kabila's popularity with his electorate in that part of the DRC," says L'Avenir. For "PPRD [President Kabila's political party], ex-RCD's elements perpetrated the killing," explains La Référence Plus.

"PPRD is trying to play the firefighter" after "masterminding the killing in Bukavu," says La Référence Plus.

Such environment made up of accusations and counter-accusations will not contribute to "peace after the elections. Instead, it will oovershadow the political atmosphere, already full of distrust and hatred," argues Le Potentiel.

Should the "insecurity persist the electoral process risks derailing any time with dramatic consequences," warns Le Potentiel."

The electoral process is all the same proceeding with the publication today of the provisional list of candidates for the legislative elections, previously scheduled for yesterday, says Le Potentiel.

In other developments, "the official paper published on 1st April 2006 a decree about the official resignation of Major General Joseph Kabila from the army," reports Le Palmarès. The request "for the resignation was submitted on 14 March 2005...," further says the paper. "The recent outcries over the invalidation of President Kabila's candidacy are therefore no longer necessary," writes Le Palmarès.