BISHOPS DEMAND UPDF PULL-OUT

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WEEKLY NEWS - SPECIAL ISSUE of: 19-06-2000 

Re: UGANDA - BISHOPS - KISANGANI - 
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UGANDA's BISHOPS DEMAND UPDF PULL-OUT
By Eric Lakidi, The New Vision, Uganda

CATHOLIC bishops  have demanded the immediate withdrawal of the UPDF and  Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  
This was revealed yesterday by Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala, the head of the  Catholic Church, at his residence in Rubaga, Kampala.  
The bishops deplored the armed conflicts  going on within and outside Uganda.  
They condemned the fighting in Kisangani between the  former allies, UPDF and  RPA, which  they said had claimed innocent lives and destroyed property.  
The Cardinal said the bishops had joined the Pope Paul II, the United Nations  and all concerned people in the world to condemn the UPDF and RPA presence in  the DRC.  Wamala said,  " We strongly call upon the civil and military leaders involved in  this useless waste of life to restrain and commit themselves to a quick  settlement through peaceful means. " 
Uganda and Rwanda  should leave Congo. Why should they fight in Kisangani ? " If  Uganda wants to fight Rwanda, let it go to Rwanda not Congo ", Wamala said.  
Wamala expressed disappointment over his wasted effort to bring President  Yoweri Museveni and Rwandan president Paul Kagame to talk peace.  He also blamed the MPs who advocated for the removal of all Rwandese from the  army and other organs, saying Rwanda and Uganda share a common destiny.  Ends  

(The New Vision, Saturday, June 17, 2000)  


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