Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by Joseph Kabila

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Congolese president Joseph Kabila.

Last updated on December 3, 2024.

Joseph Kabila Kabange is a Congolese politician who served as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between January 2001 and January 2019. He took office ten days after the assassination of his father, President Laurent-Désiré Kabila in the context of the Second Congo War. He was allowed to remain in power after the 2003 Pretoria Accord ended the war as the president of the country's new transitional government. He was elected as president in 2006 and re-elected in 2011 for a second term. Since stepping down after the 2018 election, Kabila, as a former president, serves as a senator for life.

Congolese - President | Born: June 4, 1971

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When Europe senses danger, it needs to do something to keep all the Africans at home where they belong.

Joseph Kabila

The father of democracy is Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister after our independence, who was assassinated under conditions that to this day nobody can clearly understand. So, for me, this title is not the most important thing. You can go down in history as the father of democracy, but you can also go down as the person who brought about chaos just by stepping down.

Joseph Kabila

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.

Joseph Kabila

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.

Joseph Kabila

The West exploited Africa and now it wants to save it. We have been living with this hypocrisy for too long. Africa can only be saved by Africans.

Joseph Kabila

Within the constitution there is the word "referendum." You can change the constitution by referendum. But we have not yet called for a referendum. As of today, we have not yet organized any meeting or discussions on how to change the constitution.

Joseph Kabila

I have always tried to live my life as a just and humble person. When the sanctions were announced, Europe should have questioned the people who have been sanctioned as well as to find the truth. That did not happen. How can Europe act fairly? Do they base their decisions on hearsay?

Joseph Kabila

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

Joseph Kabila

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.

Joseph Kabila

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

Joseph Kabila

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.

Joseph Kabila

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

Joseph Kabila

Nobody as of today can produce any oral or written statement from me talking about changing the constitution.

Joseph Kabila

I cannot interpret the constitution. Only the constitutional courts can interpret the constitution.

Joseph Kabila

I believe that what's much more important is not what you say, but what you do. And I am a doer.

Joseph Kabila

Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by Joseph Kabila

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