DRC: Priest Describes 3/22 Protest · Global Voices
Alice Backer

Le Blog du Congolais posts  (FR) a Le Phare  interview with a priest, Rev. Blaise Kanda, who attended UDPS’ March 22 protest.  Rev. Kanda reports that even though UDPS leadership may not be ready to take up arms, rank-and-file demonstrators shouted slogans that indicated they were.  He was also surprised by what he termed the “arrogance of members of the electoral council”  during the protest and by MONUC [UN Mission] soldiers’ quiet dismissive attitude vis-a-vis demonstrators.