Via Actualite.cd: Report-Elections: civil society of North Kivu decrees also a dead city day this December 28. This is very worrying news: a "dead city day" is in effect a general strike that makes the work of the Ebola response teams difficult to impossible. And the violent civil unrest is already problem enough. The Google translation:
The provincial coordination of North Kivu civil society calls for a dead city day, Friday, December 28, across the province to protest the postponement of elections including the region of Beni-Butembo. She also warned the CENI that it will hold it liable for collateral damage in the event of non-withdrawal of the decision.
Considering the decision of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) " extremely serious and unacceptable," the coordination of civil society calls on the electoral center to reconsider its decision and invites the population to stay at home.
"To the population of North Kivu, observe a day dead city on December 28, 2018, so every citizen will have to stay at home in solidarity with the compatriots deprived of their rights to push the CENI to obey the popular will and align ourselves with the path of democratic and transparent election," said Thursday the provincial coordination of the civil society of North Kivu.
According to her, the CENI will be held responsible for the consequences of its decision.
"So in case the CENI does not cancel its unfair, unpopular and illegal decision (...), the civil society of North Kivu considers the CENI responsible and takes the national and international community to witness everything that would happen in reaction to this situation," warned the coordination of the civil society of North Kivu.
On Wednesday, this structure called on the population of Beni-Butembo to go to polling stations on December 30, despite the postponement of the elections. The central electoral announced Wednesday, December 26, the postponement to March 2019 elections in the cities of Beni and Butembo and the territories of Beni and Yumbi (Mai-Ndombe). The CENI mentioned the reasons security and health.
