RCD plays down senior official’s suspension

Meanwhile, Nyarugabo played down the suspension of the political bureau and information chief, Lambert Mende. He said the move was a “disciplinary matter related to internal problems in the movement but not any big problem”. “People are trying to make it a big thing, but it’s a small thing,” he told IRIN on Tuesday. “In any organisation it’s important to do such things for internal discipline.” He declined to go into detail, but denied Congolese media reports that Mende was disciplined for challenging the RCD leadership. “To challenge the leadership is not the problem. He is not the first to challenge the leadership and challenge is not bad, it is healthy. There are some other acts within the organisation that are not acceptable,” Nyarugabo said.