DRC: Opposition leaders condemn death of politician during 15 September protest
"We were taken aback by the large deployment of the army and police to prevent this peaceful demonstration," said Mohamed Eyenga, provincial coordinator of the Envol opposition party and a senior figure in the C64 coalition.
The C64 opposition platform said it “unequivocally condemns” the death of Manassé Lomboto Bomegola, a senior member of the ADD-Congo party, who died during clashes surrounding the demonstration.
Speaking at a press conference in Kinshasa on September 17, Dieudonné Bolengetenge, secretary-general of the Ensemble pour la République party, accused members of the ruling UDPS party's Force du Progrès militia, along with police and the national army, of being responsible for Lomboto Bomegola's death.
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