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On
DRC, Ban on
Protests After
Those At UN
Arrested, UN
Mumbled About
Rights
By Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, May
25 -- On the
Democratic
Republic of
the Congo
Inner City
Press on May 5
and May 6
asked the
spokesman for
UN Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon about
threats
against
opposition
candidates
Moise Katumbi.
The spokesman,
Stephane
Dujarric, said
the UN
Peacekeeping
mission
controlled by
USG Herve
Ladsous has no
mandate to
protect
candidates. Vine here.
On May 25,
with Ban on
what's viewed
as a personal
political trip
to South
Korea, the UN
issued a
canned Ban
statement
about upcoming
demonstrations:
"The
Secretary-General
is profoundly
concerned by
reports of
increasing
political
tensions in
the Democratic
Republic of
the Congo
linked to the
continuing
uncertainty
surrounding
the country's
electoral
process. The
Secretary-General
calls for the
strict respect
of the
fundamental
freedoms and
rights
enshrined in
the
Constitution.
He urges all
parties to
exercise
restraint and
express their
views
peacefully,
including in
the context of
demonstrations
scheduled to
take place on
26 May."
Would or will
Ban's UN offer
any
protection?
On May 16,
after people
peacefully
protesting
against the
UN's failure
to protect
civilians in
Goma were
arrested,
Inner City
Press asked UN
deputy
spokesperson
Farhan Haq.
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