Anti-Kabila demo planned
2013-02-15 22:01
Kinshasa - Part of the parliamentary opposition in the
Democratic Republic of Congo has announced a march in Kinshasa on Saturday to
protest against the rule of President Joseph Kabila, in spite of a ban.
The Forces Acquired for Change (FAC) party, which has
eight lawmakers in the 500-seat parliament, wants to hand in a memorandum at
the presidential palace, FAC moderator Jean-Pierre Lisanga Bonganga told AFP.
"The country is going very badly. If the president
feels he can't lead things well, he has only to resign," he added.
The memorandum accuses Kabila's regime of "bad
governance" of the vast and troubled country since he was re-elected in
2011 in a vote whose outcome was rejected by the main opposition Union for
Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) Party.
Kinshasa governor Andre Kimbuta has banned the planned
demonstration.
"Given [security requirements], I regret to be
unable to accept your request," he wrote to the FAC, recommending that
they send "a small delegation of five people" to hand in the
memorandum.
Bonganga said the FAC had replied that the governor had
broken the law and constitutional rights on public demonstrations and the march
would go ahead.
- SAPA
