{As the Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo hosted last-minute negotiations on Thursday to avert crisis when President Joseph Kabila\u2019s term ends on December 19, the presidential majority and the radical opposition are already showing signs of divergence.}<\/p>\n
Valentin Mubake, head of the opposition\u2019s delegation to the talks said: \u201cWe are here because we are not discouraged. Many of us have skeptical faces, and we\u2019re going to tell them that the constitution must apply. We cant just change a country\u2019s constitution, we apply it, that\u2019s all \u201c<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the talks fail, it is because we wont have reached consensus. So we will just go ahead and enforce what\u2019s in the constitution. There will be possible agitations here and there but we have seen this before, it\u2019s nothing new and we will manage it as we always have,\u201d said Lambert Mend\u00e9, the spokesman of the presidential majority\u2019s delegation.<\/p>\n
Despite the indifference, the Catholic church has taken a positive tone claiming that both Kabila and the opposition had given \u201cstrong and very encouraging signals\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis broad consensus will ease the tense climate in which we live in today, to enable us to organize the peaceful, credible and transparent elections in our country,\u201d said Abbot Masinganda<\/p>\n
These talks are supposed to prevent the country from sinking into chaos in the coming weeks. At the heart of the debate is the precise date when elections should be held, as well as president Joseph Kabila\u2019s fate, as the opposition wants him to leave office once his term expires on December 19th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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