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DR Congo presidential camp to organize country-wide peaceful march

Xinhua, May 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

The political bureau of the presidential majority camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) announced on Tuesday it will organize a two-day peaceful march across the entire national territory starting Wednesday.

The organizers who spoke in Kinshasa, said the march aims to show support for President Joseph Kabila following the recent Constitutional Court ruling that allowed him to continue ruling the country until the organization of forthcoming presidential elections.

The peaceful march comes before the opposition protest scheduled for Friday to denounce the same Constitutional Court ruling that supported the incumbent president.

Political tension has been rising among the Congolese political class due to the probability of postponing the presidential elections that were scheduled to be held later this year.

According to the head of the country's electoral commission, it will be impossible to organize the elections within the constitutional timeline since the commission will need at least 17 months to revise the electoral register.

Several local and international observers, including some from the United Nations, have expressed concern over the political tension that is likely to explode into war in future. Endit