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Article: NEW REGIME PUTS OFF ELECTIONS LEADERS OF THE FORMER ZAIRE SAY CITIZENS MUST BE "RE-EDUCATED" BEFORE THEY CAN VOTE.(FRONT)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- May 20, 1997
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Byline: FROM WIRE REPORTS
KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - -- Zaire's new leaders on Monday rejected Western calls for quick elections, saying the country's population must ``awaken politically'' and be ``re-educated'' before such a vote can be held.
Those same leaders also said an interim government would be announced today.
Despite mounting international pressure on Laurent Kabila's rebels to move swiftly to a democratic transition, Kabila's chief deputy, Deogratias Bugera, refused to give a date for the first free polls in the country's history.
``Be patient,'' he said.
``We must awaken the population ...