Tens of Thousands Call for Kabila to Step Down in Congo Capital
- Opposition leader demands President call election as term ends
- Congo hasn’t ever seen a democratic transfer of power
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Opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi called on Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila to step down at a rally of tens of thousands of demonstrators Sunday, in a sign that political tensions may be coming to a head.
“September 19 is the first red line that cannot be crossed,” Tshisekedi told the crowd waving opposition flags and chanting anti-Kabila slogans in the capital Kinshasa. “The electorate must be called for the presidential election,” he said.