UN
United Nations Peacekeeping
6 Mar
2009
Press Review
UDPS' (DRC's main opposition's party led by Etienne Tshisekedi) officially registered by the Interior Minister, MONUC's confirmation of the seizure of Minova by FARDC and Belgium's pressures for DRC elections to be organised in time are the major headlines in the majority of today's local papers.
LE PHARE says the Interior Minister has created confusion with his two-aspects document for the registration of UDPS, «the first aspect described as relevant and said to be in conformity with the law in force and the other one described as a simple acknowledgement to UDPS' note».
LE PHARE adds « The Interior Minister's document is ambiguous when it reads: Another political party having members and a different seat has also registered by the same name under the law No 194 of 26 January 1999 »
LA TEMPETE DES TROPIQUES writes: «UDPS has finally secured an official authorisation to function». The paper says the Interior Minister's letter «acknowledges the legal existence of UDPS, established since 1991 and its credibility as a signatory to the all-inclusive agreement». LE POTENTIEL considers that by referring UDPS to the Supreme Court of Justice, «the Interior Minister has sidelined Etienne Tshisekedi's party which he has considered to be illegal».
In another development, LE POTENTIEL titles «MONUC confirms that Minova is recaptured by FARDC». The paper echoes an AFP press release quoting Jacqueline Chenard, a MONUC spokeswoman as declaring that «the team dispatched to Minova spoke to Major Ndoyipi (a regular army officer on the ground) who confirmed that his troops recaptured the town without fighting on Sunday». LE PHARE echoes the same information, adding that «MONUC has sent a verification mission to Minova ». LA REFERENCE PLUS, as far as it is concerned, mentions another AFP release indicating that « Nkunda's troops have retreated to the North, precisely in Goma and Masisi », quoting the tenth military region's spokesman, lieutenant Kasanda wa Kasanda.
The headlines in FORUM DES AS read: «Belgium pressures DRC leadership for elections on time in 2005». The Belgian minister of cooperation was on «a strictly political mission, which empowered him to remind the Congolese leadership of the determination of the Belgium government to see the agenda of the transition process respected'as provided by the negotiators of the agreements signed in South Africa». The paper quotes the Belgian minister as declaring, «he was persuaded that the Congolese leadership is also determined to respect the timing for the elections' despite the population's scepticism», the paper says. « Belgium does not envisage that the transition's process will fail. Elections must take place», further declared the Belgian statesman, echoed by L'OBSERVATEUR. The paper also quotes Armand De Decker as declaring, «DRC has a strategic role. The Central Africa sub-region's development depends on the DRC's peace process».
LE PHARE adds « The Interior Minister's document is ambiguous when it reads: Another political party having members and a different seat has also registered by the same name under the law No 194 of 26 January 1999 »
LA TEMPETE DES TROPIQUES writes: «UDPS has finally secured an official authorisation to function». The paper says the Interior Minister's letter «acknowledges the legal existence of UDPS, established since 1991 and its credibility as a signatory to the all-inclusive agreement». LE POTENTIEL considers that by referring UDPS to the Supreme Court of Justice, «the Interior Minister has sidelined Etienne Tshisekedi's party which he has considered to be illegal».
In another development, LE POTENTIEL titles «MONUC confirms that Minova is recaptured by FARDC». The paper echoes an AFP press release quoting Jacqueline Chenard, a MONUC spokeswoman as declaring that «the team dispatched to Minova spoke to Major Ndoyipi (a regular army officer on the ground) who confirmed that his troops recaptured the town without fighting on Sunday». LE PHARE echoes the same information, adding that «MONUC has sent a verification mission to Minova ». LA REFERENCE PLUS, as far as it is concerned, mentions another AFP release indicating that « Nkunda's troops have retreated to the North, precisely in Goma and Masisi », quoting the tenth military region's spokesman, lieutenant Kasanda wa Kasanda.
The headlines in FORUM DES AS read: «Belgium pressures DRC leadership for elections on time in 2005». The Belgian minister of cooperation was on «a strictly political mission, which empowered him to remind the Congolese leadership of the determination of the Belgium government to see the agenda of the transition process respected'as provided by the negotiators of the agreements signed in South Africa». The paper quotes the Belgian minister as declaring, «he was persuaded that the Congolese leadership is also determined to respect the timing for the elections' despite the population's scepticism», the paper says. « Belgium does not envisage that the transition's process will fail. Elections must take place», further declared the Belgian statesman, echoed by L'OBSERVATEUR. The paper also quotes Armand De Decker as declaring, «DRC has a strategic role. The Central Africa sub-region's development depends on the DRC's peace process».
