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| Ould Kablia: We received no formal application for organizing a march on 12 February |
| 2011-02-03 |
| [Ennahar] Minister of Interior and Local Government, Dahou Ould Kablia said, about the march decided by several civil society organizations for current February 12, he received no formal request from these organizations. The minister said in an interview with Ennahar, he received no official request for permission to organize the march on February 12 to demand regime change. "I can not make decisions regarding procedures, whether to allow or to prohibit it, since I have not received any official request," he said, adding that the subject of this march "is discussed in the street, I heard about it like any citizen." Regarding the Department's intention to ban the march, the minister indicated that he "has not received any request for official permission. Once this is done, I will take the appropriate decision." About an appeal to citizens not to answer the call of the organizers of the march, the minister says "calling upon citizens not to participate in the walk is not my prerogative, but rather that of politician, I think they will do." At the meeting of the Coordination for Change, held recently at the headquarters of the union, attended by 50 organizations and associations of civil society and political parties, including the movement of Arch, they were unanimous in demanding the departure of the regime and the need to extend the march to the entire country with the same slogan "Regime, go away." |
| Posted by:Fred |