It is time to act on this, because it is not just this election. We have seen this movie before, sadly. And the time is now to act.
some of the actions going on there are unacceptable.
continuation in office is a destabilizing act and will lead to very dangerous instability in the DRC.
If I was a U.S. Senator trying to contemplate this, I would want to know two things.
I have introduced, calling for targeted sanctions on the DRC.
the U.S. is prepared to look at sanctions across a rather broad stream of people who are significant politically.
we believe Congress can play a strong role in helping to move this effort forward by passing the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountabilit...
Those sanctions, I believe, should be targeted at those officials in the Government of DRC who are responsible for violence and human rights...
Africa does not need strong men, it needs strong institutions.
If you extrapolate that over now into Congo with their elections on the way, knowing the ramifications in Kenya and other countries, if an e...
maintaining yourself in power by repressive techniques is unacceptable.