“Kim Moon-soo has not set his position clearly on the martial law declaration,” Bong said. “He has not distanced himself from the legacy of Yoon, but at the same time, he has not made it clear whether he believes the declaration of martial law was a violation of the constitution. So the PPP has not really had enough energy to mobilise its support bases.”
Joseph Kabila is visiting the eastern city of Goma, which has been seized by rebels, after he was stripped of immunity.Former President Joseph Kabila has returned to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, just days after he
amid accusations he has helped armed rebels fighting in the eastern DRC, according to the Reuters and AFP news agencies.Kabila, on Thursday, was visiting the eastern city of, which had been seized by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia along with several other areas in the resource-rich east of the country earlier this year.
A team of AFP journalists saw Kabila meet local religious figures in the presence of M23’s spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka, without giving a statement.Citing three unidentified sources close to Kabila, Reuters also said the ex-president held talks with locals in Goma.
The visit comes despite the former president facing the possibility of a treason trial over his alleged support for M23.
Earlier this month, the DRC Senate voted to lift Kabila’s immunity, paving the way for him to be prosecuted.“What was important is, why did these losses occur, and what we will do after that,” General Anil Chauhan told the Reuters news agency on Saturday on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore.
India and Pakistan were engaged in athis month, their worst standoff since 1999, before a ceasefire was agreed on May 10. More than 70 people were killed in missile, drone and artillery fire on both sides, but there are competing claims on the casualties.
India says more than 100 “terrorists” were killed in its “precision strikes” on several “terror camps” across Pakistan, which rejects the claim, saying more than 30 Pakistani civilians were killed in the Indian attacks.New Delhi, meanwhile, says nearly two dozen civilians were killed on the Indian side, most of them in Indian-administered Kashmir, along the disputed border.