One of the reasons why a number of people have decided to go into the opposition were the reforms we carried out.

Democracy was assassinated here when Patrice Lumumba was assassinated. And who brought democracy back to this country? We are the ones who did that after pushing out the dictatorship in 1997.

What is the situation today? We have a united country. We have a single currency. We have managed to stabilize the economy, despite difficulties. We could talk all day about all those achievements.

We are not going to finance elections when we need to fight to win back occupied territory.

The constitution is very clear as to how and when the president hands over power. He can only hand power over to an elected successor.

We want perfect elections, not just any kind of elections. And it's the electoral commission that organizes elections in the country - this is what most people forget. We have an independent commission which, acccording to our constitution, is in charge of organizing elections.

You can organize elections any day, even tomorrow. But what will be the result of chaotic elections? More chaos!