Joseph Kabila quotes
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“I believe that what's much more important is not what you say, but what you do. And I am a doer.”
-- Joseph KabilaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“One of the reasons why a number of people have decided to go into the opposition were the reforms we carried out.”
-- Joseph KabilaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“What is the situation today? We have a united country. We have a single currency. We have managed to stabilize the economy, despite difficulties. We could talk all day about all those achievements.”
-- Joseph KabilaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“You can organize elections any day, even tomorrow. But what will be the result of chaotic elections? More chaos!”
-- Joseph KabilaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“The West exploited Africa and now it wants to save it. We have been living with this hypocrisy for too long. Africa can only be saved by Africans.”
-- Joseph KabilaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“Nobody as of today can produce any oral or written statement from me talking about changing the constitution.”
-- Joseph KabilaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“The constitution is very clear as to how and when the president hands over power. He can only hand power over to an elected successor.”
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“I have always tried to live my life as a just and humble person. When the sanctions were announced, Europe should have questioned the people who have been sanctioned as well as to find the truth. That did not happen. How can Europe act fairly? Do they base their decisions on hearsay?”
-- Joseph KabilaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“The father of democracy is Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister after our independence, who was assassinated under conditions that to this day nobody can clearly understand. So, for me, this title is not the most important thing. You can go down in history as the father of democracy, but you can also go down as the person who brought about chaos just by stepping down.”
-- Joseph KabilaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“When Europe senses danger, it needs to do something to keep all the Africans at home where they belong.”
-- Joseph KabilaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“Democracy was assassinated here when Patrice Lumumba was assassinated. And who brought democracy back to this country? We are the ones who did that after pushing out the dictatorship in 1997.”
-- Joseph KabilaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“We are not going to finance elections when we need to fight to win back occupied territory.”
-- Joseph KabilaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“We want perfect elections, not just any kind of elections. And it's the electoral commission that organizes elections in the country - this is what most people forget. We have an independent commission which, acccording to our constitution, is in charge of organizing elections.”
-- Joseph KabilaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“I cannot interpret the constitution. Only the constitutional courts can interpret the constitution.”
-- Joseph KabilaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“Within the constitution there is the word "referendum." You can change the constitution by referendum. But we have not yet called for a referendum. As of today, we have not yet organized any meeting or discussions on how to change the constitution.”
-- Joseph KabilaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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