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10 Mar
2009
Press Review 7 July 2005
President Joseph Kabila's interview to a Belgian paper 'Le Soir' and MONUC weekly news conference make the headlines of today's local press.
Référence Plus quotes President Joseph Kabila as declaring, 'I will never allow anyone to disrupt the electoral process.' The paper publishes, in full, President's Kabila's interview to the Belgian paper, 'Elections, nothing but the elections,' said the President before adding, 'I am in favour of a dialogue that would not delay the electoral timing.'
Referring to the same subject, Le Potentiel writes on its front page, 'Kabila is for talks with the opposition,' provided 'the talks are focused on the organisation of the free preliminary elections in DRC for the first time in the 45 years of the country's independence ' I will definitely dismiss any proposal about a prime minister. I pledged to bring the people to the elections and I have no other agenda,' the President said. With respect to the 30 June 2005 events, the paper reports, 'President Kabila clearly said the organisers' intention was to topple the transitional institutions.'
With regard to the elections, L'Observateur reports, 'Congolese people already started voting with their feet,' echoing a statement by the Director of MONUC Public Information, Mr. Kemal Saiki to the news conference. The paper indicates, 'it would be appropriate to say the train of the democratic transition in the DRC that will usher in a new era has already got off to a good start,' and underscores, 'Everybody must get registered in order to vote. Leaders of political parties must as well get registered'If they do not, they will not vote or be elected,' quoting Mr. Saiki.
'MONUC hails the progress achieved by the DRC electoral process,' says Le Potentiel. Referring to Ituri, it says, 'MONUC condemns the supports provided by a bordering country to the militia groups that opted for pursuing their acts of violence, murders, massacres' ,' the paper says, alluding to the Disarmament and Community Reintegration process. 'Transit centres are closed in the district of Ituri, except in Bunia.'
L'Avenir, for its part, reports, 'MONUC notes that police conduct has improved,' and further indicates, 'since 4 July of the current year, the South Kivu Brigade operating under chapter 7 launched cordon and search operations in the Walikale, Walungu and Ninja. The operation consisted in hunting down the armed groups that would remain in the region.'
In another development, L'Avenir announces, 'Amnesty international has driven the point home,' alluding to a report published by International Human Rights organisation suggesting that '40 thousand tonnes from Tirana to Kigali were received in this town and distributed to Hema militia groups in Ituri including a militia group in North Kivu.'
Referring to the same subject, Le Potentiel writes on its front page, 'Kabila is for talks with the opposition,' provided 'the talks are focused on the organisation of the free preliminary elections in DRC for the first time in the 45 years of the country's independence ' I will definitely dismiss any proposal about a prime minister. I pledged to bring the people to the elections and I have no other agenda,' the President said. With respect to the 30 June 2005 events, the paper reports, 'President Kabila clearly said the organisers' intention was to topple the transitional institutions.'
With regard to the elections, L'Observateur reports, 'Congolese people already started voting with their feet,' echoing a statement by the Director of MONUC Public Information, Mr. Kemal Saiki to the news conference. The paper indicates, 'it would be appropriate to say the train of the democratic transition in the DRC that will usher in a new era has already got off to a good start,' and underscores, 'Everybody must get registered in order to vote. Leaders of political parties must as well get registered'If they do not, they will not vote or be elected,' quoting Mr. Saiki.
'MONUC hails the progress achieved by the DRC electoral process,' says Le Potentiel. Referring to Ituri, it says, 'MONUC condemns the supports provided by a bordering country to the militia groups that opted for pursuing their acts of violence, murders, massacres' ,' the paper says, alluding to the Disarmament and Community Reintegration process. 'Transit centres are closed in the district of Ituri, except in Bunia.'
L'Avenir, for its part, reports, 'MONUC notes that police conduct has improved,' and further indicates, 'since 4 July of the current year, the South Kivu Brigade operating under chapter 7 launched cordon and search operations in the Walikale, Walungu and Ninja. The operation consisted in hunting down the armed groups that would remain in the region.'
In another development, L'Avenir announces, 'Amnesty international has driven the point home,' alluding to a report published by International Human Rights organisation suggesting that '40 thousand tonnes from Tirana to Kigali were received in this town and distributed to Hema militia groups in Ituri including a militia group in North Kivu.'
