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DRC / GOMA PROTEST
STORY: DRC / GOMA PROTEST
TRT: 02:30
SOURCE: MONUSCO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 15 NOVEMBER 2017, GOMA, DR CONGO
1. Wide shot: Helicopter landing
2. Close up, Force Commander in the helicopter while flying over Goma town during the protest
3. Various shots, aerial views of Goma with few people on the streets
4. Wide shot, stones blocking the road
5. Wide shot, policemen arrive to remove the stones
6. Various shots, shuttered shops and few people in the streets
7. Med shot, policeman crossing street
8. SOUNDBITE (French) David Jonathan, from civil Society Mouvement des Deboutistes, Goma:
"We tried demonstrate in the street this morning, unfortunately the policemen scattered us in the road with tear gas. We fled, we have not been able to make our demonstrations in the street."
9. Tracking shot, police in riot gear running
10. Police in riot gear in back of pickup truck
11. SOUNDBITE (English) General Derrick Mgwebi, MONUSCO Force Commander:
“The security forces of this country are responsible for the protection of the people and maintenance of law and order. But we are also here to monitor the developments so that if something untowards happens, we are here to understand before it happens and we can prevent it from happening. And if it is happening, we must stop it. So, as MONUSCO we’ve got the responsibility in terms of protecting the civilians of this country, and we’ve got a responsibility for our own facilities, including our own people. So, we must be aware of what’s happening outside. That’s the idea behind the whole exercise.”
12. Various shots, offices and streets deserted
In protest of the national elections commission’s schedule ahead of the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), civil society organizations in Goma called for a general strike.
In the line with the UN mission in the DRC’s mandate of to protect civilians, MONUSCO’s Force Commander, General Derrick Mgwebi, flew over the city by helicopter to monitor the situation.
Policemen were deployed in the town to avoid any gatherings. Civil society members tried to gather for a demonstration, but police forces did not allow it.
SOUNDBITE (French) David Jonathan, from civil Society Mouvement des Deboutistes, Goma:
"We tried demonstrate in the street this morning, unfortunately the policemen scattered us in the road with tear gas. We fled, we have not been able to make our demonstrations in the street."
SOUNDBITE (English) General Derrick Mgwebi, MONUSCO Force Commander:
“The security forces of this country are responsible for the protection of the people and maintenance of law and order. But we are also here to monitor the developments so that if something untowards happens, we are here to understand before it happens and we can prevent it from happening. And if it is happening, we must stop it. So, as MONUSCO we’ve got the responsibility in terms of protecting the civilians of this country, and we’ve got a responsibility for our own facilities, including our own people. So, we must be aware of what’s happening outside. That’s the idea behind the whole exercise.”
Shops, as well as some schools and offices, remained close and not many people were seen in the streets.
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