Occupy the Phones, to the U.S. Senate, for the Congo

Friends of the Congo and the African Great Lakes Advocates Coalition* would like to urge Occupiers and others of goodwill in the U.S., from Massachusetts, California, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Hampshire, Illinois, Delaware, New Mexico, Tennessee, Idaho, Florida, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Georgia, Wyoming, and Utah, to Occupy the phones to the U.S. Senate for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (D.R.C).

The D.R.C. has held a presidential election that even the conservative International Crisis Group, an organization of international capital managers and their government and military allies, characterizes as dangerously indefensible. The fierce resistance of the Congolese people has left "the international community," most of all foreign heads of state, thus far unwilling to acknowledge the victory of sitting President Joseph Kabila. Please call and encourage your Senators on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to

ARE THESE YOUR SENATORS? IF YES THEY ARE PART OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, SO CONTACT THEM ABOUT THE D.R. CONGO

If you live in the following states - Massachusetts, California, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Hampshire, Illinois, Delaware, New Mexico, Tennessee, Idaho, Florida, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Georgia, Wyoming, Utah - we need your support in calling your senators and posting info on their facebook page about the situation in the Congo.

Here is a small script

Hello, my name is ___________. I am a constituent of Senator ___________. I am calling in regard to the Senate Hearing on Thursday December 15 on Congo's elections that Senator ________ 's committee will be hosting. I want to thank Senator ______ for holding this hearing.

According to Public Law 109-456, it is US policy to support democracy in the Congo. In this respect, I appeal to Senator ______ to:

1. Demand that the US government does not recognize the current elections results published by the Congolese Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) in light of the Carter Center's, European Union's and Catholic Church's report about the irregularities during the electoral process.

2. Assure that the will of the Congolese people is respected per their vote on Nov. 28th.

Thank you!

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