DRC: PPRD March · Global Voices
Alice Backer

Tony Katombe contends  (Fr) that [ruling party] PPRD paid many of those who participated in a gigantic march in its favor on Wednesday May 31. The march protested “negotiations demanded by the political opposition before elections.” The blogger also contrasts the authorities’ treatment of the PPRD march  to that of past opposition protests: ” For this march, no one was treated to tear gas in their eyes or blows to their bodies.”