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Unarmed opposition rejects Kabila's debate plans

    NAIROBI
    The opposition Union pour la democratie et le progres social (UDPS) on Saturday said it would refuse to participate in the national debate if its agenda and venue were "dictated" by President Laurent-Desire Kabila. In a statement received by IRIN, UDPS said the debate's organisation had to be done by consensus among all concerned parties, including the government, the internal democratic opposition and the armed opposition. Meanwhile, the Goma faction of the rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD), which last week rejected Kabila's decision to hold the debate in Kinshasa, has proposed that it be held instead in rebel-held Kindu, capital of Maniema province, Rwanda News Agency reported on Friday.

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