Press Review of 8 December 2006 [1]

10 Mar 2009

Press Review of 8 December 2006

Today's local press does not focus on a particular topic.

Under the headline "Government programme, Kabila - Gizenga: the first hitch," Le Potentiel wonders which program will be presented to the National Assembly: "Is it President Kabila's roadmap disclosed on 6 December or the future Prime Minister's program?"

"In five years, Joseph Kabila: what to do and what not to do?,'' wonders L'Avenir, warning, "pledging to do everything in five years will be a lie; However there are things the Government can achieve in the 5-year span, notably placing the right man in the right place."

Highlighting that this is time for concrete actions, La Tempête des Tropiques believes, "Joseph Kabila must clean his entourage for a genuine change cannot be secured if we do not put an end to impunity, which is in the best interest of President Kabila."

L'Observateur echoes recent news conference held in Kinshasa by the European Force on Thursday 7 December and MONUC, respectively represented by the UN Special Representative for the DRC, Mr. William Lacy Swing and Aldo Ajello, the European Union's Special Representative for the Great Lakes region; the paper quotes the latter as declaring: "We are prepared to provide support to President Joseph Kabila."

Under the headline: "Eufor is leaving and Europe remaining," Le Phare reports, "Aldo Ajello promised the European Union will form a republican army so there will be no single No man's land in DRC." In other developments, the paper says, "Catholic Bishops have appealed to all the Congolese people to help rebuild a new Congo."

Press Reviews 2006 [2]