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lg:text-base mx-auto text-gray-700 mt-1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__caption\u0022\u003EDemocratic Republic of Congo\u0027s President Joseph Kabila arrives for a southern and central African leaders\u0027 meeting to discuss the political crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Luanda, Angola, October 26, 2016.\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__credit\u0022\u003E\u00a9 2016 Reuters\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\u003ESince the findings were published, officials at the Congolese polling firm that helped conduct the study say their office has been visited and staked out by suspected intelligence agents, forcing them to temporarily close their office for security reasons.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca 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Between May and September, their researchers conducted 7,545 face-to-face interviews in randomly selected areas\u00a0across the country.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EIntelligence agents arrested one of BERCI\u2019s researchers, Rodrigue Bintene Mimbo, on June 26, after two weeks conducting research in Congo\u2019s central Sankuru province. He was held at a national intelligence agency (ANR) detention center in Lodja, capital of Sankuru, until July 9, then transferred to an ANR detention center in Kinshasa. Mimbo remains in detention, without charge and without access to his family or lawyer. The authorities should immediately release Mimbo and end any harassment of those involved in the study.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EHere are some of the poll\u2019s noteworthy findings:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a081.4% of respondents rejected changing the constitution to allow President Joseph Kabila to run for a third term.\u00a0\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a074.3% said that Kabila should leave office when his constitutional two-term limit ends on December 19, 2016.\u00a0\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Most want elections to happen within the coming year. If elections have to be delayed, 41% said they should be held in 2017 while 13.7% said 2018 or later.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a07.6% said they had participated in a protest march, strike, or demonstration over the past five years. 48.5% said they would participate in a demonstration if elections are either rigged or delayed or both.\u00a0\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a057% said that members of youth groups who\u2019ve been arrested in Kinshasa and Goma for participating in or planning protests, demonstrations, or \u201cvilles mortes\u201d against the government were \u201cexpressing their rights of freedom of expression and assembly.\u201d 16% said this kind of activity should cease.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a019.9% of respondents thought that Congo\u2019s justice system is independent, and 27.2% of respondents said that they or a member of their family had been victims of an arbitrary arrest.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a076.4% were in favor of the creation of a Congolese tribunal to judge war crimes. 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