Jean-Claude Katende welcomes C64 initiative but regrets omissions on abuses in the east

Jean-Claude Katende, president of ASADHO, supports the Article 64 Coalition’s (C64) call for inclusive national dialogue to resolve the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. However, he says the statement issued after the coalition’s conclave in Rome should have explicitly condemned civilian massacres and human rights violations in areas controlled by rebel groups in the east. The C64, whose members include Moïse Katumbi, Martin Fayulu, Jean-Marc Kabund, Matata Ponyo and Delly Sesanga, wants to meet Félix Tshisekedi and Joseph Kabila and says the crisis has no military solution.