1. Posted on Thursday 6 May 2010 - 09:20

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   Kent Mensah, AfricaNews editor in Accra, Ghana

   The UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo must stay else the former war-torn country would return to uncontrollable chaos, according to a presidential hopeful for the 2011 elections Dr Bent Francis Mboyo. He said the mission has restored peace and the national army does not have the capacity to sustain it.

   

   “If the Kabila government thinks the UN is not doing a good job then it is a lie. They want to steal the elections and they know the presence of the UN on the ground would block their chances of stealing the general elections.
   
   “If the UN leaves Congo right now the country would be in a situation that we were before,” the presidential candidate for the Congolese United for Change told AfricaNews from his US-base.
   
   Last weekend the UN humanitarian head John Holmes appealed for the retention of MONUC – the UN forces operating in the country – since their departure as being mooted by the government would jeopardize their operations.
   
   "Our preference is for MONUC to stay and for any discussions of withdrawal to be based on not an arbitrary timetable, but on the accomplishment of what MONUC is there to do.
   
   “"We are worried by the prospect of a rapid or premature withdrawal of MONUC because MONUC is very important for our activities in the sense of providing stability, providing security for humanitarians,” Holmes said.
   
   But the Kabila led administration argued that the national army is in a position to maintain calm in the absence of MONUC.
   
   However, the opposition candidate has described the government’s comment as a blatant lie. Dr Mboyo recalled the role the UN mission played in securing an airport at Mbandaka in the northwest DR Congo from rebel attacks some weeks back.
   
   He added: “There is no army in Congo… If the UN leaves Congo today there would be a big war in the country. All sorts of people would gang up against the government as rebels. Millions would be dead as it happened previously. The government wants to divide the country and we should not accept that. The UN must stay! The rebels don’t like the government because they are oppressive so if the UN leaves there would be chaos in less than a week.”
   
   Dr Mboyo who plans to go back home soon to intensify his campaign called on Congolese to resist any attempts by some few to take the country into ransom.
   
   “I am against rebels and I would not support them in any way. But it is important to note that people are just tired of the dictatorship regime of Kabila. Congolese should understand that the war would not bring us anywhere.”
   
   He shared his policy on how he is going to handle the issue of rebellions in the country. “We have to discipline our armies to be neutral. My first priority is going to be security. We must flush those people from Uganda and other places who have sneaked into our armies. We must train our own soldiers to form the national army to protect the population.”
   
   Dr Mboyo challenged the Kabila government to create an enabling environment for freedom of speech as well as give room to his opponents to campaign anywhere in the country ahead of the elections.

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1. Posted on Thursday 06 May 2010 18:20

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   Yan

   

   
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   It's sad to see people like Joseph Kabila acting against his country, against his own people and also against the international community. He’s acting in complicity with Kagamé to destabilize the DRC. Nkunda has killed with impunity the Congolese people and there is no legal or political action against him. He's a free man! The Rwandan army is until now, killing, raping and stealing the wealth of the Congo. Joseph Kabila refuses to acknowledge that the DRC is fighting three wars.
   
   He supplies the Lebanese market with uranium, which is finally delivered to Iran: A country that defies the international community. Kabila wants to decentralize the country by putting the DRC into pieces, in the aim of creating a mini Rwandan republic in Kivu (Republic of the volcano, dreamed by Kagamé, Kabila and the Tutsi). Kabila is unable to establish the State authority throughout the whole Congolese territory. He doesn't control the 11 provinces that currently exist in Congo, and wants to create 26 other, where he will be more unable to control the country.
   
   He puts the Rwandans and Ugandans soldiers in the Congolese army with the idea of weakening it. He sent in retirement or poisoned the real Congolese soldiers such as Mbuza Mabé and others. He’s now trying to push the button with the cunning idea of changing the Constitution of the DRC, because he wants to reign in life. And then he wants the departure of UN's mission (MONUC) because he wants to cheat in elections. So, this gentleman knows how to insult the Congolese people, the international community, and everyone! The Kabila new strategy is only to cooperate with countries from Asia or the Middle East (China, Turkey, South Korea ...) and not with the Western world!
   
   However, if the international community is fighting against terrorists, drug dealers and money launderers, then why could it not stop a madman like this? If a man like Kabila threatens the security of nations, with Congolese uranium to Iran, there is no question of politic interference, but it’s necessary to take preventive measures against him, to put him out of harm's way. Don't do that when it will be late. Now is best the time to act, if you want peace and security of people in the world.

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