This situation pushed the agents of the order used teargas in order to disperse the militants of the aforesaid citizen movements, Lucha, Filimbi and Congolais débout, thus preventing them from crossing the barrier close to Palais du Peuple, by reinforcing a safety to the accesses of this public institution.
Quoting the number one of the police/province of Kinshasa, Actualité.cd reports that "according to Sylvano Kasongo, the militants did not have the authorization to organize the demonstration". He estimates at least 600, the number of the demonstrators and none was challenged.
And Sylvano Kasongo to specify that "the police force took care of the demonstration in a professional way, because we are in a State of right and also in an emergency State- The demonstrators did not respect the law and they did not write at the proper authority as requires it the law. "We took care of the demonstration until 1ere Rue, but they crossed the red line, they wanted to go to Palais du Peuple", let know the head of the police force.
The elements of the police force launched teargas, but nobody was arrested and those who discussed with the police force were slackened. It is necessary to seek peaceful solution instead of going each time in the street, the police force suggested.
Corneille Kinsala N’soki
(CKS/Yes)