Co-owner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Announces his candidacy for the presidential election of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Denis Mukweki, a 68-year-old Congolese gynecologist and activist, said in a speech on Monday local time that He wants to protect an unstable and poorly led country. Congo is in very bad shape. can't wait Because tomorrow is considered too late. Announcing his candidacy in the Congolese presidential election to be held in December. This ended rumors that had been circulating for months about his political aspirations. He revealed on September 16 that supporters had donated $100,000 (about 3.7 million baht) as pledge money for his presidential bid. But he did not clearly specify at that time that he would run in the election.
Mukweki shared the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize with Yazidi activist Nadia Murad. From efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war He opened the hospital in 1999 to care for victims of sexual violence during the Second Congo War and said recently that Even after the war ended, various forces continued to perpetrate crimes against women. and spread to children as well
In the December 20 presidential election, he will face President Felix Tshisekedi, who won office in 2018. and two former prime ministers in the election that will be held at the same time as the parliamentary election.
Source: Thai News Agency