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"Mr President, I have always believed – particularly in view of the experiences of my own country, Poland – that we should help others build a democratic society. I know that determination and hard work are required to achieve this goal, and this includes work in the political sphere. Political leaders, Heads of Government, political organisations and responsible individuals must work together, I repeat, together, to build the future in order to guarantee basic human rights, civil liberties and political, social and economic rights and, most of all, protection for every citizen. I have taken part in a number of observation missions for elections that took place in countries that are on the path to democracy, but what I have read about the present situation in Congo has genuinely shocked me. We are living in the twenty-first century, but reading the words ‘If you resist, we’ll shoot you’ in the Amnesty International report, I had the impression that, in many ways, we are still living in the nineteenth century.
Democratic elections are essential, but this is not enough. The conditions must be put in place for an education and democratisation process, which is a much broader and longer-term process than just the organisation of the elections themselves. It is only if this takes place and only then that it will be possible to hold out any hope – and I do still have hope – that the situation of people in the Republic of Congo, particularly that of civilians and women, might undergo any significant improvement."@en1
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