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two-term limit on December 19.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EThis path forward, they said, was most in line with the Congolese Constitution and the most likely to prevent further violence and instability in the coming weeks and months.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed\u0022 data-type=\u0022image\u0022\u003E\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-right embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-media embedded-entity-bundle-image embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--right\u0022\u003E\n \n\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n \n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\u0022figure figure--expand text-center\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__media relative inline-block mx-auto\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/modal\/29909\u0022 rel=\u0022modal:open\u0022 class=\u0022figure__link\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cimg 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2016.\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__credit\u0022\u003E\u00a9 Private\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EThe civil society members said that security and other guarantees should then be granted to Kabila and those close to him, in accordance with international treaties, the constitution, and national laws. The president of the senate would then act as interim president, in accordance with articles 75 and 76 of the Congolese Constitution.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EThe groups, which include the pro-democracy youth movements Filimbi and LUCHA, the human rights organization Association Congolaise pour l\u2019Acc\u00e8s \u00e0 la Justice (ACAJ), and the coalition led by Dr. Denis Mukwege known as Chemin de la Paix, also called for the creation of an inclusive forum that would seek a consensus regarding a new electoral calendar, with presidential and legislative elections to be held before the end of 2017. Elections were originally scheduled for this November. The forum would also determine the re-organization of the national electoral commission and how the period preceding presidential and legislative elections would be managed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EThe coalition called on Congolese political actors and religious leaders, the United Nations Security Council, and regional and sub-regional leaders in Africa to support this path forward to prevent Congo from \u201cmoving dangerously towards anarchy and chaos\u201d and \u201cto save the [Congolese] constitution.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EThe road map is a response to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/blog-feed\/democratic-republic-congo-crisis#blog-295340\u0022\u003E\u201cnational dialogue\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E agreement concluded on Tuesday, which called for Kabila to stay in office beyond his term limit and which was rejected by most major Congolese opposition parties and many others.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EJust hours before today\u2019s conference, security forces arrested a dozen activists from the pro-democracy youth movement LUCHA as they were protesting Tuesday\u2019s agreement in front of the African Union office in Kinshasa. They were released this evening.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EIn a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cenco.cd\/index.php\/voir-toutes-les-actualites\/116-message-de-la-cenco-sur-le-dialogue-national-et-la-situation-securitaire-en-rd-congo\u0022\u003Estatement released earlier today\u003C\/a\u003E, the Catholic Church\u2019s National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) also urged politicians to renegotiate the national dialogue\u2019s conclusions and ensure a presidential election is held in 2017. \u201cIt is imperative that it be clearly mentioned in the consensus...that the current president of the republic not stand for a third term,\u201d the statement said. The bishops also rejected the ruling by the Constitutional Court earlier this week to allow the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) to delay the call for elections, which went forward despite an apparent breach of the court\u2019s own quorum rules.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003ERegional leaders and special envoys for the Great Lakes region will be meeting next week in Luanda, Angola to discuss the crisis in Congo. Let\u2019s hope their discussions will help pave the way for a solution that prevents more violence, repression, and instability in the coming weeks and months.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]