Should President Kabila step down or get a third term? We asked the Congolese people
December 9 at 9:00 AM In the Congo, President Joseph Kabila has engineered artificial delays in the election process to extend his stay in power, and the opposition has called for massive protests on Dec. 19, when his mandate was supposed to end. Amid this turmoil, what do the Congolese people think? Over a period of four months this year, we conducted the first nationally representative political opinion poll in the Congo in more than a decade. And we found a sophisticated electorate, an overwhelming support for democracy and deep distrust of the government. Cracks in the new democracy Despite efforts to restore peace, the Congo has struggled with armed conflict since 1996. Millions of civilians
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