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      Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo

      Message from Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo on the occasion of the 57th anniversary of the Independence of the Democratic Republic of Congo


      My dear compatriots,

      On that memorable day of June 30, 1960, our country regained its international sovereignty at the end of a heroic, glorious and fierce struggle. Our people then dreamed of a strong, powerful Congo, a well-governed country, and offering decent living conditions for all, a just life and an equitable distribution of national wealth, a nation at peace with it Even with its neighbours. What joys and emotions on that day of June 30th, which foreshadowed the disenchanted and dramatic tomorrows that the newly-emerged state had recently experienced in international sovereignty. The history of the liberation of our country has seen successive phases of confidence and moments of doubt, anguish and anxiety, it is a path that has been uncertain, sometimes painful and often exhilarating. On June 30, 1960. 57 years ago, driven by the whirlwind of “the right of peoples to self-determination” that swept across the African continent, sounding the death knell of colonialism, our country breaks the chains of Servitude, and enters into the concert of free and sovereign nations.

      Therefore, on June 30, 2017, the Congolese people will pay tribute to the pioneers of independence, the worthy sons of our country who have distinguished themselves in the conquest of national independence.

      And in this historical circumstance, how can we fail to recall the profession of faith of the Fathers of our independence which was to build, as is immortalised in our national anthem, in peace and freedom, a Congo more beautiful than before, rich And prosperous in the free nations concert.

      My dear compatriots,

      Located in the heart of Africa, as immense as a subcontinent, our country became the master of its destiny in 1960, with an impressive potential in natural resources, a sumptuous river system with its impassable distances , Or a young and multi-ethnic population.

      With so many assets to its credit, the Congo deserved to be considered as one of the vectors of the economic take-off of the African continent.

      Unfortunately, the Democratic Republic of Congo is threatened in its foundations. The Congolese people, crushed by political, military and economic violence, is dying. If needed, the seriousness of the situation was documented by the specialised agencies of the United Nations and several reputable non-governmental organisations. They highlighted the resurgence of serious human rights violations committed by armed groups and worse by elements of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), the National Intelligence Agency (ANR), The Republican Guard (GR) and the Congolese National Police (PNC). All this has highlighted abuses against the population, characterised by sexual violence, the recruitment of child soldiers and the forced displacement of civilians.

      It is because of bad governance and the failure of our successive leaders that the current situation still lives this last jolt. Failure to hold the elections in 2016, as our constitution had foreseen, provoked an acute political crisis. Indeed, a comprehensive and inclusive political agreement was signed by the institutions, opposition and civil society on 31 December 2016 in Kinshasa. This agreement stipulates that elections must take place by the end of 2017, and that a government of National Union must be formed in order to achieve this.

      This agreement is the current framework for any reflection at national and international level. It was born thanks to the efforts of the mediators of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO); It received strong support from the International Community through Resolution 2348 of the UN Security Council, adopted unanimously on 31 March 2017. The so-called New Year’s Eve Agreement, Avoid a disaster, an outbreak of violence. But neither the spirit nor the letter of this agreement are today respected. However, the end of the crisis requires its implementation without delay, in order to organize free, credible and inclusive elections by 31 December 2016 at the latest.

      My dear compatriots,

      It is time that every one of us, no matter what our responsibilities or our duties, manage to move beyond the questions of ego, tribal considerations, personal ambitions and political quarrels, in order to put the best interests of the nation above all.

      The future of our country and the well-being of our compatriots depend on it.

      The absolute urgency for all actors in the national political arena is simple: to create the necessary conditions for a fair, credible, transparent and peaceful electoral process. This must be accompanied by a free and secure electoral campaign, which means that freedoms of expression and opinion, including the media of the democratic world and the support of peace-loving peoples of Africa And freedom, in order to accompany us in this commitment as a first step to reconnect with the dream of our pioneers, that of building together a more beautiful Congo, a stronger Congo, a more prosperous Congo than we bequeath to our posterity.

      God bless our country

      Long live Democracy!

      Long live the Democratic Republic of Congo!

      Thank you

      Done at Brussels, 30 June 2017

      #238
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        A delegation from the Alternance for the Republic went to exchange with the Bureau of the Independent National Electoral Commission. It was yesterday, Monday, July 3, 2017 in the facilities of this institution of support to the democracy. The senior officials of the RA wanted to inquire about the progress of the electoral process in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Conducted by Delly Sessanga, the delegation of this platform of the opposition promises to give its official position on the general situation of the country after a workshop that opens, unless last minute change, this morning in Kinshasa . At the end of this working session, the Alternance platform for the Republic, which supports Moses Katumbi, said that it would stick to the organisation of the elections within the deadline set by the global and inclusive agreement of the Holy Sylvester.

        The state of progress of the electoral process was at the center of the exchange between the President of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Corneille Nangaa and a strong delegation of the Alternation pour la République, a platform member of the Rally of Accepted Political and Social Forces To the Change led by Felix Tshisekedi. All sensitive issues related to the organization of elections were discussed during these exchanges. On the strength of the elements obtained, the AR promises to give its official position at the end of a workshop which will be opened this Tuesday, July 4, 2017 in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. “The question what we came to inquire about the state of the electoral process. You know that the AR is an electoral platform and therefore strongly interested in the outcome of the current process. We have had a number of elements, we are going to return to the level of our platform because we have a workshop, not only on the electoral cycle, but also the general situation of the country that will start tomorrow. And at the end of this workshop, all the elements that have been given to us here will be taken into consideration in order to give you a position that the Alternance for the Republic will have on the electoral process and on the political situation of the country “Said Delly Sesanga in front of media professionals. And to continue what I can assure you of what we are concerned as all Congolese of the need to finalise within the time limit as agreed in the inclusive global agreement of the CENCO, the electoral process or the Elections in December of this year, the finalisation of the electoral register and the publication of the calendar.

        The final position

        It must be said that the AR still reserves the right to give its official position on the evolution of the electoral process. Sesanga promised to do so incessantly.

        “For all of these elements, we will give you the final position at the end of our workshop that we are starting tomorrow. And so we can not go to the workshop without having the electoral center itself the elements such as the current process is taking place. The truth is that we have had all the information on the current process of voter registration, the situation as it is for the activities that will follow and we have expressed our willingness to stick to the That is to say, with the organization of the elections which is credible and appeased in December of this year. For the other considerations, take your trouble in patience, after the workshop, after evaluation in the alternation for the Republic, we will give you our position, “he said.

        The situation of Kasai

        Alternance for the Republic is due to the enlistment of the populations of the great Kasai. The subject was discussed during these exchanges and the President of the Independent National Electoral Commission gave assurances, according to Delly Sesanga. “We demanded that enlistment operations begin in Kasai as is the case elsewhere, it has given assurances that they will start in the next few days and thus see that this process can actually start and that the Populations of the Kasai, like all other populations can be present at the time of the vote, “he said.

        The situation of Kasai

        Alternance for the Republic is due to the enlistment of the populations of the great Kasai. The subject was discussed during these exchanges and the President of the Independent National Electoral Commission gave assurances, according to Delly Sesanga. “We demanded that enlistment operations begin in Kasai as is the case elsewhere, it has given assurances that they will start in the next few days and thus see that this process can actually start and that the Populations of the Kasai, like all other populations can be present at the time of the vote, “he said.

        Corneille Nangaa explains

        The President of the CENI took this opportunity not only to review the state of the electoral process but also to list the activities to be carried out in the days that will follow. For Corneille Nangaa, the CENI works in the spirit of the agreement of the saint-sylvestre. “We welcome the arrival at the CENI of the leaders of the Alternance for the Republic. At their request, they wanted to inquire about the state of the electoral process. The exchange allowed us to take stock of the process. All the same, we all agree that we are working in the spirit of the December 31 agreement. We will have to close the identification and the enrollment of the voters. We are in 32 million registered voters, we have only a little less than 10 million voters. Once the enrollment is complete, we will move to the distribution of the seats, we will call the electorate, we will order the equipment, training and deployment of agents, “said Corneille Nangaa. And to continue that “It is a path that is before us, we must make an effort that everyone works, each in his own. It was also an opportunity to show how we work. We also talked about the timetable and we expressed to them the small technical adjustments that we expect for the publication of this calendar which will take place in the coming days “.

        #280
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          After a campaign marked by unprecedented uncertainty until the last day, the first round of the election of the Governors and Vice-Governors is now closed. MPs from eight provinces were called to the polls on Saturday, August 26, 2017. For the presidential majority, Pande Kapopo Célestin (Haut-Katanga) and Kalenga Mwenzeni Jackson (Haut-Lomami) qualified in the first round. Three Independent candidates also qualified in the first round. It is the candidate of the province of Kwilu: Balabala Kasongo Michel. For South-Ubangi, Taïla Nage Joachim was elected.
          The following are elected Provincial Vice-Governors on behalf of the MP: Kalenga Mambepa Jean in Upper Katanga and Polipoli Lunda chimne in Upper Lomami. In South Ubangi, Bakakoye Dengaboni Leka Jean-Pierre is elected Vice-governor. In Kwilu, Mapanda Bwas Nathanaël is elected Vice-governor and in Bas-Uélé: Anina Makwa Godelive was elected Vice-governor.
          Moreover, the list of candidates from the provinces of South Kivu, Tshopo and Tshuapa did not obtain an absolute majority in the first round.
          According to the electoral law evoked by the President of the Ceni, Corneille Nangaa, when the results of the elections of Governors and Vice-governors were published, the lists of the candidates who arrived in the first round are retained for the second round. The Ceni, for Tuesday, August 29, 2017, convened the second round of the election of Governors and Vice-Governors. These are the following provinces: South Kivu, Tshopo and Tshuapa.
          La Ceni reminded candidates, political parties and
          Political Parties having participated in the election of Governors and Vice-Governor in the eight provinces that the appeals in protest of the provisional results are to be filed by the independent candidate or his agent, the Party or political grouping or their agent to the courses of Appel Acting as the Administrative Courts of Appeal from August 28, 2017 to September 4, 2017.
          The Courts of Appeal will deal with disputes between September 5 and September 11, 2017, while the final results will be published by the Courts d’Appels on September 12, 2017.
          The President of CENI expressed his satisfaction with the smooth operation of voting operations in the eight provinces: Bas-Uélé, Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, Kwilu, South Kivu, South Ubangi, Tshopo and Tshuapa .

          #281
          Congo
          Keymaster

            The MSC closes its University of Change and displays its ambitions. The capacity building seminar was very interesting. The fighters appreciated the interventions based on “Political Communication, Political Marketing and Leadership in a Political Party”. The objective of this session is to drop the Executives in political debates for the conquest of power. The MSC, the People’s Front and the Rally reject the SADC declaration on the impossibility of organizing elections in 2017 in the DRC. “The MSC fought for six years for alternating power. It is high time that the Congolese can take charge, “said Laurent Batumona, the Moral Authority of this political machine of change. Regarding the New Year’s Eve, Laurent Batumona urged President Joseph Kabila to enter the Agreement. He believes that the Agreement can not be applied without the bishops who are its parents. “The walls of the Accord are broken, the Bishops have to go back to rebuild those walls.” “We can not tolerate a third dialogue, but we believe that a window may open up for the talks to be started in order to avoid the country from falling into chaos.” For the remaining four months, he called on the international community to intervene to implement the Agreement and to finance the elections. The MSC, supported its leader, sympathized with the misfortune that has mourned the village of Tara. He recommends that the government declare a national mourning and initiate a fund-raising campaign to support these compatriots hit hard by this natural disaster.
            The University of Change of the Solidarity Movement for Change closed on Sunday, August 27, 2017. A training session marked by demonstrations of strength and ambitions displayed by militants for the conquest of power. After four days of presentations, debates and performances, the University of Change has closed its doors with a determination for change. It was President Laurent Batumona who was responsible for delivering the closing speech. “The holding of this training and information session responded to a wish I had personally expressed, because I felt that strengthening your capacities in the field of political communication, political marketing, leadership and In the perfect knowledge of the project of society of our party would be an essential contribution in the political fight that we lead together to conquer the power, “thus launched the National President of the MCS and the Front of the people.
            What to remember about the MSC’s University of Change?
            On the political front, President Batumona delivered a speech on the objectives of this capacity-building seminar, social and economic policy, cohesion within the Party, the evolution of the activities of the People’s Front and the Rally.
            On the issue of elections and in connection with the “unfortunate” statement of Jacob Zuma, South African President, Laurent Batumona literally wetted the shirt. Strong in the face of the Rally and the MSC militants, he protested energetically.
            For Batumona Laurent, Jacob Zuma can not take the place of the Congolese people to whom he called for vigilance all over the place. According to him, the Congolese people must draw their strength of resistance in the National Anthem when it is necessary to proclaim ” Congolese Débout ”. He denounced the behavior of the SADC for having blurred the Rally three times. This speech was much anticipated after the eddies of the last few days provoked, among others, by the Ceni and the SADC.
            “SADC is one of the Institutions which, in their pettiness, asked the Rassemblement to present three names for the appointment of the Prime Minister, whereas this position is contrary to and violates the Comprehensive and Inclusive Political Agreement of the Center Interdiocésain de Kinshasa ”, Lambasted Laurent Batumona.
            In this regard the MSC believes that the international community and the United Nations should provide the necessary resources for the organization of the elections within the time frame agreed upon through the UNDP and for the implementation of the 31 December 2016.
            Third Dialogue
            Among the main points that the President of the MSC delivered, the issue of dialogue was raised. For the MSC, the third dialogue is not on the agenda. “The MSC with the Rally is preparing to face the elections by December 31, 2017 at the latest.”
            It should be noted that this ceremony ended with the handing over of patents to the participants of the MSC’s University of Change, or 1,500 in total. Another session is planned for next September.

            #282
            Congo
            Keymaster

              Minister of Higher and University Education, Steve Mbikayi Mabuluki returned to the country on Saturday, August 26, via the N’djili International Airport in Kinshasa. The Minister of ESU spent two weeks in the United States where he was on an official mission. As soon as he arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Minister first spoke about his mission, but also gave his point of view regarding the strike of university professors. Regarding his mission, the Minister said reserved primeur to his hierarchy, especially Prime Minister Bruno Tshibala. On the subject of the teachers’ strike, Steve Mbikayi promised to restart the exchanges in the framework of the permanent dialogue to find lasting solutions to the problems that specially concern his sector.
              After several days of absence in the country, the Minister of Higher Education and University, Steve Mbikayi, has returned to Kinshasa since last Saturday. Responding warmly to the problem of strike in his sector, the Minister, on board, welcomed the good faith of professors who did not disrupt the closing of the academic year before promising to resume discussions with them With respect to claims that are directly dependent on its sector. He took this opportunity to ask the various management committees to finalize the deliberation in order to help the students to know their fate and especially to prepare well for the second session.
              From the mission to the United States
              Motivated by the desire to build new public universities, the Minister of ESU works in line with the vision of the Head of State. To materialize this desire, Steve Mbikayi is looking for partners. “I reserve the prime of the report of my mission to the Prime Minister. Following the guidelines received from the Head of State under the coordination of the Prime Minister, we are looking for ways and means to modernize our Higher Education and University sector and especially to obtain the construction of new Public Universities in our country. It was in this context that we met with the partners outside, things are evolving very well. I believe that in a few months we will see the beginning of a few things. But as I said, I will first report to the Prime Minister before I can reveal the content of my mission and also the steps that we will take in order to be able to modernize our teaching more. Construction of universities that should exceed those we have acquired from our colonizers, “he said.
              Radicalization of the strike
              Steve Mbikayi arrives at the moment when the strike is radicalized in its sector. Without going by the back of the spoon, he began by thanking the professors who did not want to disrupt the closing of the academic year when they could do it well. He also promised to revive, very quickly, exchanges with teachers to find solutions on issues that depend on his sector. “First, I salute the patriotism of university professors who did not want to disrupt the closing of the academic year because they could do it well. And they made legitimate demands, exercised their right to strike and understood that students should not be penalized, I congratulate them. Now that I am back, I think we will reopen the dialogue with them to see how quickly we can find solutions to issues that concern my sector, “the Minister said on his return.
              As for the rest, it must be acknowledged that it is a general question of all workers that will certainly find solutions at the level of the central Government.

              #283
              Congo
              Keymaster

                * Dura lex, sed lex, they say. The sword of Damocles, long suspended in the air, since its arrival at the head of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, has finally entered into execution. Jean-Lucien Bussa Tongba has definitely taken action. This weekend, he signed a series of Ministerial Decrees, at the end of which he went to war against smuggling, illegal and fraudulent imports and exports, maffia, The Congolese economy to the point of preventing its outbreak, as desired by the Head of State, Joseph Kabila Kabange, under the banner of which the Prime Minister Bruno Tshibala Nzenzhe and Members of its government team. Offenders, who are thus warned, will only attack themselves. For the Congolese state, in the exercise of its sovereignty, will not retreat, as long as its interests are put in a ballotage by economic operators who have been shaming for years in the exodus of capital and are Butter on the back of the Congolese people. Enough is enough !
                So, finished the threats! It is time for action. Jean-Lucien Bussa Tongba has decided to impose a ban on imports on Congolese soil, a series of products with high consumption. For example, gray cement, beer and carbonated beverages, iron bars that once came from abroad to flood the market, while inoculating the venom of untimely disturbances, are prohibited import.
                The aim of this approach is to support the Cabinet of the Minister of State for Foreign Trade, to combat smuggling, fraud, the Sicilian mafia with its perverse effects on public finances and, above all, to stop Imports and exports.
                Already, the other aim here is to protect local industry from the invasion of imported products whose quantities were far superior in the market Recovered, at the end of all these disorders, totally asphyxiated. Accompanying measures will, of course, be taken to bring economic operators working in various sectors affected by this series of measures to prices that are within the reach of all exchanges.
                Henceforth, some of the products listed should, for their importation, be endorsed by the Ministry of Foreign Trade. In the wake of this, it should be noted that the importation of beer and soft drinks, as they had previously been, without any counter-value to the public treasury, is strictly prohibited. Like the import of the series of products from the countries suffering from foot-and-mouth disease, mad cow disease, viral fever with Ebola virus, ivory tips, antique works, red parrots, Such as Okapi, Leopard skins, rhinoceros tips, medicinal plants, traditional folk music instruments, seedlings as well as cinchona bark, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and chemicals withdrawn from circulation, noble papers , Products covered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora are strictly prohibited. That’s not all. In addition to this are gray cement and clinker, as well as a considerable number of products, as set out in the appendix, of one of the Decrees out of the four which have been published this week End, are subject to drastic restriction measures. Since these are official decisions, find out in this edition the details of these orders and the list of products placed under the influence of these restrictive measures taken by Jean-Lucien Bussa, On behalf of the Congolese government for the good of its fellow citizens.

                #284
                Congo
                Keymaster

                  What will happen on September 4, the date chosen for the 2017-2018 school year throughout the country? Do we know that white blues will be able to return to school? Is the current situation in the country, with cascading strikes in almost all sectors of national life, conducive to the success of this resumption of classes? There are so many questions that triturate the meninges of more than one Congolese. With only 7 days remaining, the Government of the Republic does not hide its determination to get back to school. Indeed, everything is implemented, so that this re-entry takes place normally. This is due to the notoriety of the minister in charge of this sector, starting from the whole nation. To this end, the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Gaston Musemena Bongala, said he was confident that everything would be done according to the school calendar approved by the Government of the Republic. Showing above all his firmness, he was opposed to any politicization of the resumption of the courses, recalling that the beginning of classes is a legitimate right of the children, as guaranteed by the Constitution. However, she will intervene, this school year, against a backdrop of an acute crisis, unparalleled. Indeed, the two unions of primary and secondary education, Syeco and Synecat, and the Government of the Republic are knocked out. The first group understands that before the resumption of teachings, the Government has to respond to their desideratas contained in the specifications transmitted to the Government. It resumed the improvement of the working conditions and the indexing of the rate of 1425 FC the dollar to their salary scale of August this, in accordance with the promise made by the Prime Minister, Bruno Tshibala, at the investiture of His Government to the National Assembly. The Government, on the other hand, only said that it would work in the direction of responding to it, because the discussions were ongoing. For the time being, it turns out that teachers have to content themselves with the readjustment of 20,000 FC on their salary. Passed to the scalpel, the two positions are far from converging and one feels the arm-wrestling continue. If it is true that this time, a dose of radicalization is seen, with the deal last week, between professors, doctors and civil servants, there is a risk that everything will get carried away. However, analysts in the primary, secondary and vocational education sector recall that it has always been the case for several decades. With each new school year, the teachers go up to the niche, to make their voice heard, and then they start to work. Perhaps, it is said, it is because it is an apostolate. Is that a reason for the government to fold its arms? Is not it that he would be irresponsible in this case? In any case, it must be recognized that the return to school is a legitimate right of the children as guaranteed by the Constitution. It is also a legitimate right of teachers to demand improvements in their working conditions. Because there is no “little right” and “great right”, respect all rights. Teachers to resume service on September 4 and the state to abstain from the fallacious promises, but to address their concerns. That is the legitimate right that must be respected at all costs. The sooner the better.

                  #285
                  Congo
                  Keymaster

                    Little by little, the saying goes, the bird makes its nest. It is precisely this that can be affirmed as regards the holding of the tripartite, this long-awaited meeting, which will have to confront CENI, CNSA and Government around the evaluation of the electoral process so that they respond, finally , To the question of the year in Congo-Kinshasa: will there be elections or not in 2017 in the country? Kananga, the famous corner of the Great Kasai crystallises the eyes. No, it is not because of the phenomenon Kamuina Nsapu, but far beyond it. It is rather the presence in this corner of several officials of the CENI, the Government, the CNSA, CSAC and others that now, within the framework of the internal evaluation launched by the electoral center, The path for the next tripartite organization. In fact, many hoped to see this meeting held in Kananga as announced on the air of a sister by Norbert Basengezi, number two of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Already, it must be said, until recently, for some, it is truly the tripartite that was in gestation. However, this is not the case for the Olenghankoy CNSA, which has made it known. In the eyes of this structure, before this tete-a-tete, it must have effective possession of the electoral data. However, for several observers, what has been happening since Monday in Kasai constitutes the matrix of what will be the tripartite with a verdict assumed by Nangaa: ” elections are impossible in 2017 ”. The Mass is already said …

                    Thus all the projections that can emerge from the CENI before and after can not, in any way, depart from the judgment already pronounced on all the roofs both by the president of the CENI himself and by the tenors of the Electoral commission. Information gathered from the circles close to the CENI reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission has even broken an election calendar – one of the great policy requirements – that would go beyond 2017. This, if it proves to be justified Will certainly have the effect of a bomb on the political scene while raising waves, but will only comfort one thing affirmed by Nangaa and his without embarrassment, the blessing of the power of Kinshasa. Who, through the Government, said he took note of the impossibility of holding elections supported by the CENI. The Rally and many other political-social forces do not hear things from this ear. At the expense of these irreducible, the provincial and national legislative elections and especially the presidential elections must take place in 2017, as mentioned in chapter 4, paragraph 4, of the agreement of December 31, 2017. Lays the supporters of the Tripartite verdict CENI-CNSA- Government. The controversy persists. But, far from the political debates, obviously, technical organ for the organization of the elections, the CENI is put in work to have enough to appease the appetites. Will he be able to satisfy them? Maybe but not certain. While it is clear that the work carried out at the capital of Kasai Central will produce a draft for the tripartite and it is less easy to say that the demands of the Rally hard wing hatted by the tandem Felix Tshisekedi-Lumbi will have quenched his thirst. This is all the more so since the timetable required of the CENI for September, if it is disclosed in time, will not comply with the time-limit previously set in the Agreement for the holding of elections. So, tripartite or not, evaluation or not, without compromise, Congo-Kinshasa will head towards the end of 2017 to uncertain horizons.

                    #286
                    Congo
                    Keymaster

                       Since 1 February 2017, it has now been nearly seven months since Etienne Tshisekedi, the defender of Congolese democracy, passed from life to death. In Kinshasa, maneuvers between his biological, political and governmental family, for a funeral and deserved tributes are still under negotiation. The Limete sphinx, despite its many sacrifices and fights carried out throughout its life on the land of men, has still not been repatriated or buried. The Government, which had more than once pledged to repatriate the body of the deceased, in order to be worthily mourned in his country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is no longer paying enough attention since this affair of the cemetery of The Gombe, which in its time required nearly 250,000 US dollars, while Samy Badibanga Ntita was still a tenant of the Government House on the edge of the Gombe, was trying to cut himself in four Pieces, to do it. Apparently, at the arrival of Tshibala, the little windows of opportunity no longer had any effects of a lesser concretization, if not these few releases or announcements, good enough to feed the chronicle or play trumpet -eye.

                      The meditated fighters will wait another time, until the Congolese authorities return to good feelings.

                      Why Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba still does not come back? There is suspicion that this is not a bad scenario for the public authorities, so that their bodies never return to R & D. Congo. Since his death, negotiations have begun between the government, the biological family of the deceased, and his political party, the UDPS, to bring to Kinshasa the mortal remains from Brussels where he died in the Clinique Sainte Elisabeth. Negotiations that always balance between waiting and refusal.

                      Subsequently, the UDPS then proposed that “Ya Tshitshi” be buried in a mausoleum that the Congolese state should build in his honor, and in recognition of all he has done for the Congolese people. Etienne Tshisekedi has spent the whole of his political career under the cap of several responsibilities of state and uncontested opponent and unavoidable. For years, several years later, he knew how to drain behind him a people who believed in him and in his politics.

                      Projects for the construction of this mausoleum were designed by a Belgian architect who, according to sources, was threatened. Finally, at the beginning of August, the Government decided finally to repatriate the remains to Kinshasa without giving a precise date. While the Rally, a movement created during his lifetime, led by his son, Felix Tshisekedi, with a large number of political forces, to face up to the current government, demanded that they cede the throne and organize the elections, Meeting scheduled for 3 September, the Government still does not set a date for repatriation. One wants to show the good will to bury a worthy son of the soil, but in the meantime, this pretext is used to destabilize any grouping, which could carry high, the sound of his distress.

                      The holding of the famous meeting which, until then, still receives no approval from the Town Hall, becomes hypothetical. Obviously, evil blows are being prepared here and there. If the Government really wants the peace and security of its citizens, there are definitely decisions to be made in order to set a clear and precise date for this very embarrassing situation to be decanted. This national hero deserves a minimum of honour. Spread the word !

                      #287
                      Congo
                      Keymaster

                        Arriving on Tuesday, 29 August 2017, at the head of a strong government delegation in Kananga, the capital of Central Kasaï where the internal evaluation of the electoral process takes place, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister in charge of the Interior And Security did not fail to confide in the press. “We are here in Kananga to continue the implementation of the Agreement we signed on December 31, 2016. The main objective of this agreement is the organization of the elections and stipulates that there must be evaluations regular. So we come here to begin this process. The CNSA was set up. Now we need to make assessments, starting with the state of the situation in the electoral process. There are several constraints, technical, political, financial, security, etc. Which must be addressed by experts. After listening to the CENI, each side will also have to give its point of view … “, said Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary to the press after his landing. He added: “After the Kananga stage, there will now be a true tripartite evaluation that will allow projections to be made towards the actual elections. Projections in the form of a chronogram, understood here as the calendar to be presented. We are here to prepare the real tripartite that will take place in the next few days.

                        In addition to the number one of the territorial, four Ministers of State, respectively in charge of justice, decentralization, Budget and relations with the Parliament are dispatched to Kananga. Not only. Also included in the delegation are the Ministers of National Defense, Finance and the Department of Customary Affairs. Two institutions in support of democracy, the CSAC and the CNSA, in this case, are represented respectively Tito Ndombi and Adolphe Lumanu. It should be noted that the presence of the second personality of the National Monitoring Council of the Agreement is symbolic. This is all the more so since it is this institution of support for democracy, overseen by Joseph Olenghankoy, who, in a diplomatic manner, rejected the holding of the tripartite for the end of August because in the eyes of the majority of the members of this structure , Before being able to rule on the electoral process, it was necessary to imbibe the situation. And, after the meetings in recent weeks with Nangaa, the time would be for contacts with the Tshibala Government. Initial meetings have already been initiated.

                        Why in Kananga?

                        Immediately after Kananga airport, VPM Ramazani Shadary presided over the expanded security meeting with members of the Central Government in the presence of the Provincial Vice-Governor. On this occasion, he narrated the scope of the mission after listening to the provincial authority’s statement on the general situation of the province. Therefore, he justified the choice of the city of Kananga for this work. Kananga is the birthplace of the first so-called Luluabourg constitution, and finally Kananga symbolizes peace found by the presence of officials in this part of the country recently plagued by a terrorist insurrection that now belongs to history. Supported the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister in charge of the Interior and Security.

                        #288
                        Congo
                        Keymaster

                          Two logics clash and risk annihilating the efforts undertaken and compromise the chances of the organization of the elections soothed in R & D. Congo. The evaluation of the electoral process, the dice of which are now being thrown in Kananga, with the hotspot postponing the elections and setting a new electoral timetable which would probably go to new indications of dates or, Simply, the sine die of the elections, raises waves in the Congolese political microcosm.

                          Action and reaction-interactions

                          Already, Eve Bazaïba, the Coordinator of the Front for the Respect of the Constitution, the very one who, in conscience and soul, refused to embark in the boat of the CNSA that directs Joseph Olenghankoy, warns against any referral of elections , After 31 December 2017. On Sunday, 27 April, Laurent Batumona, of the People’s Front and Leader of the Solidarity Movement for Change, spoke, rightly, of the walls of the New Year’s Eve Agreement which, His eyes were broken, and that the Bishops, who were the principal architects of this work, must return to rebuild them. What is more, this call from one of the Sages of the Rally of Political and Social Forces to change, in this case Kitenge Yesu who, writing his message as part of a series of political mornings for his In Ngiri-Ngiri, referred to the need to place the interest of the country above partisan gains.

                          partitions

                          Here, it excluded the possibility for the political class to remain confined or cloistered, in a congruent vision, that of redimensioning all the present and future action, leaving behind the clichés and caricatures individualized. Concretely, using several proverbs, he appealed, without embarrassment, to the return to the Bishops’ scheme, to save what could still be before the situation went from bad to worse. Who would understand it if, in any case, each political camp does not let go of the ballast. And let each one maintain his original position. So to make a leap becomes, at all costs, an imperative, to boost the process and orient it in the direction intended by the largest number of Congolese. It will be in vain to evaluate or publish electoral calendars, but if the consensus is broken, nothing good will emerge. Hence, in circles opposed to the evaluation scheme, as well as all its misdeeds on the rest of the electoral process, not forgetting, of course, the frills and other tensions that were announced, with meetings and other planned muscular actions, It is increasingly advisable for all the parties involved in direct discussions to change their minds, in order not to sacrifice the Congolese people on the altar of a superfluous and useless suicide, whereas misery, Call it, grows everyday more.

                          Formerly, did not the Head of State, Joseph Kabila, visiting Kisangani, Tshopo, in the new Province born of the dismemberment on the ashes of the former Province Orientale, had not met Archbishop Marcel Utembi, the President of the CENCO? Even if today, nothing has ever filtered on the content of this tete-a-tete, it remains that the boursicteurs are lost in conjectures on the underside of the cards. There was, as it were, a glimmer of this famous return to the starting-point. Some, more optimistic than Jesus Christ, believed that the days were counted at their fingertips, so that President Kabila, the Supreme Authority of the country, would return to the fundamentals of the Agreement for an implementation that Would honor the greatness of the country and, in addition, the memory of Tshisekedi wa Mulumba, the man without which, the situation that was out by 2016, around December 20, would not have been defused.

                          Way of Wisdom

                          A schema, a whole new one then, which would go in the direction of rounding the angles, of bringing together the tenors of the Rassemblement de Limete of the First Congolese Citizen via the Bishops, remains the only plank of salvation, it is believed, on this side -the. Unless we can still take advantage of the trick, by betting on a miracle attached to the formula of going there in an electoral process fixed to the hussar, placing all the others before a fait accompli, and even in short -circuiting all those who remain, while trampling under foot, the Agreement of the New Year’s Eve. And yet, after a broad consensus gathered in his time, the presidency, coupled with the national and provincial legislative elections, was scheduled for December 31, 2017. What is the situation today? Several months later, the machine, although having arrived at the end of the maneuver, advances in sawtooth. For many analysts, it does not even advance. Besides, others believe that it is advancing, rather, backwards.

                          Intensive care

                          But how long can the patience of a whole people be played thus? And with who ? For what purposes? In this way, such a situation can not last indefinitely. The present crisis, fueled by dry strikes, is clearly not likely to favor a posture arrested outside of this Agreement, the full application of which is demanded by the Congolese people, UN and the rest of the world. It is absolutely necessary that both sides put a flap in their political strategies and tactics to get the country out of the precipice. It is urgent to admit Congo-Kinshasa to intensive care.

                           

                          #289
                          Congo
                          Keymaster

                            It has neither a timetable nor a concrete proposal for the holding of elections by the end of December 2017. All it has is its famous critical path accompanied by all the pitfalls likely to justify the postpone sine die Of the elections, or to delay, against all odds, the electoral process itself, as envisaged and desired so far.
                            Marked terminals
                            However, the agreement of December 31, 2016, concluded under the beard of the Bishops, foresaw, the institution of a Transition for a concerted and consensual management, political clearing through the measures of confidence and mutual guarantee, for a democratic alternation And peaceful relations between the current President Joseph Kabila, who came to the end of his second and last term on 20 December 2016 and his elected successor.
                            The same Agreement also provided for transparency and balance in the management of the Res Publica with a view to reducing the national cohesion fabric, which had been difficult to find, from Sun City after the burial of the hatchet Components and Entities, coming from the East under the era of Mlc, RCD, Maï-Maï etc. During this period, it is a question of putting the process back on track, in order to give it, ultimately, the chances of a smooth outcome and no grabug.
                            What is Kananga hiding?
                            Yesterday, indeed, Nangaa, the President of the Central Electoral Office, arrived in Kananga, in the Central Kasai, where he apparently should move on to the next stage of the execution of this Plan B . He led behind him a strong delegation consisting mainly of the members of the Bureau and the Plenary of the CENI. Then, according to snippets of information and, moreover, confirmed by the CENI, herself, in a well-signed dispatch, Nangaa would have in mind the idea of ​​carrying out a first phase of the evaluation at which he Would have taken care to associate some National Deputies and Senators, sorted on tongs.
                            And to give it a minimum of credibility, some Zimbabwean, South African or Zambian diplomats are participating in this work, which will obviously take place for three days, outside of the hubbub of Kinshasa, the cosmopolitan city, where the atmosphere has become Tshisekedi’s funeral, or even, to the extreme, this rally of the Rally of Political and Social Forces Acquired to the Change announced but not yet authorized , At the level of Kimbuta Yango, at the Town Hall.
                            At this stage, this is only the beginning of what now seems to be the path of non-return to normal, or, at least, what was planned for the holding of Elections, by 31 December 2017 at the latest.
                            In the near future, after the success of the Kananga meeting, Nangaa, the same, will return to the Government and the CNSA to try the last landing maneuvers before proposing new indications of dates whose deadlines will certainly exceed Bounded at the Interdiocesan Center and cast in the Agreement of the Sylvester, whose application is demanded, at the same time, by the hard wing of the Rally, as constellated around the shadow of Tshisekedi wa Mulumba, in its bastion of Limete, the International Community through its resolution 2348 of the UN Security Council, the European Union and, above all, certain Western powers, like the United States of America and others.
                            Olenghankoy tries the field …

                            Meanwhile, Joseph Olenghankoy in Kinshasa, catapulted to the head of the CNSA in highly contested circumstances, plays in his own way, part of the score. He consults and rakes wide. Every day that passes, the man whose count of the number of his hair can prove to be a perilous exercise, buries, after his contacts, the last recipe through which, the current electoral process, with its titillations laboriously Maintained, might finally know its last epilogue.
                            So during the three days in Kananga, if we are to return to the fabric of what was learned late yesterday evening, the CENI with its partners selected, would be in a position to propose, in a Concrete, a new roadmap in terms of scenarios that it will submit, on the day ” j ”, to the Government and the CNSA which, they, will only endorse, while proposing, however, some recommendations.
                            So, before placing the electoral process, which has become very ill, on dialysis, it is necessary that the treating physicians make the diagnosis and clear the ground. That is, in any case, the work that is currently under way in Kananga. Unless it can be deduced that within a few months of the end of the twelve-month extension, obtained during the direct discussions, the CENI can still seek to gain time, in a species of a new leap in the Empty! Not so obvious, since the scenery planted, even before the announcement of the results of this evaluation, however minimal, leads us to believe that time is no longer to be lost. Otherwise, we risk missing everything.

                            #290
                            Congo
                            Keymaster

                              At the present time, the strikes are linked and multiplied in the various departments of the Congolese state. After the strike was launched by doctors and university professors, it was added to the list now, teachers, magistrates and a probability among agents of the financial authorities. The Congolese population survives as it can, under the most resourceful conditions that can exist. As for the doctors and teachers, who are the actors most affected by this strike epidemic, discussions are ongoing between their respective unions and the government, leading to a probable solution within 24 hours. What can we do, in view of all these failures which form a blockade preventing the country from functioning properly? This is the question to which the Government and trade unions and workers strikers must reflect, to regain the embellishment. This would allow, for example, in the short term, to extinguish the fire.

                              “Take back the service, we will improve the situation.” This is a sentence of the Government that the agents of the State treat of song mocked. They say that they have heard it more than once from the authorities, always promising them a better hope that definitely never happens. Here we are a few days from the date scheduled for the start of the school year, September 4, 2017 and yet, the craze is not noticed in the school supply markets of the Congolese capital. Whether in the schools or with the parents, we do not see a classic re-entry for the beginning of September which, ultimately, promises to be hypothetical. With the exception of private schools and Catholic licensed schools, where the leaders declare themselves ready to receive pupils on the date scheduled by the Ministry of Education, Primary, Secondary and Vocational-EPSP, the others are based on their decision On the fate of the discussions between the Government and trade unions. “We are pilots of the country and we respect the official dates. We must put into practice what we are evangelizing, “declares vivace, Secretary of the Lyceum Mgr Shaumba, in the commune of La Gombe. Whether it is for schools approved by the churches, or those directly under the control of the government, the observation is the same, the return is timid.

                              For this woman, official and mother of 4 children, the observation is bitter. “We do not pay parents or teachers. Finally, what will we do with our children? She wondered in the wake. On the hospitals side, the situation is alarming. The strike is chaotic to such an extent that apart from doctors and the entire hospital staff, the administrative department has also run out of power. The hospitals of reference of the city of Kinshasa now resemble abandoned labyrinths, without the least nurse in the vicinity. Somewhere in the capital there is a meeting between the Government and the trade unions of professors, doctors and the officials who had formed a bloc. For three days, they are forced to find a real solution to palliate this serious problem to which more than one Congolese feels tense. “We agreed with the Government on the amount of 145,000 FC that we are supposed to receive at the end of each month. But, all this was just a dream, “says an official from the Kintambo Referral Hospital. When the professors, with all the scientific staff, the teachers, the doctors and all the hospital staff, the magistrates and the civil servants, throw themselves into the same bag, one imagines already, Effect of the bomb that this could produce. In the meantime, oddly enough, at the beginning of next month, there is reason to fear, by a reverse-hair effect, the sparks of a large forest fire in DR. Congo. Where is Tshibala? But if this situation is not generally controlled, how will he himself save his own head?

                              #291
                              Congo
                              Keymaster

                                In a series of interviews conducted between mid-June and mid-July by RTGA journalist Souzie Kibira, several high-ranking personalities lent their votes to the documentary project around Rev. Dr. Milenge Mwenelwata, re-elected 2nd Vice-President of the RTGA. Church of Christ in Congo (ECC). Among the personalities who had spoken of Bishop Milenge, it is appropriate to quote Professor Masiala-ma-Solo, Former President of Protestant Laity (MILAPRO). The latter did not hesitate to call Milenge as a good student when he had welcomed him to the Protestant University at the Faculty of Theology. Further on, Prof. Masiala ranked him among the best students of the time. “Besides, I have accompanied him twice, as Ambassador of Peace. He was crowned at the time in the large conference room for Foreign Affairs here in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC. And then he was elevated to the rank of Doctor Honoris Causa in his field of Theology, “revealed Prof. Masiala. For the former President of the Protestant laity, Milenge is a man of big business, an entrepreneur, not in the commercial sense, but he knows how to sell himself and sell the project he understood. Below, the entire interview between Souzie Kibira, journalist with the RTGA and Prof. Masiala.

                                What has marked you in his professional career?

                                Its availability. He is very available and very enterprising. For he clings to what he has understood, and it is fundamental as Protestant and as the one who follows and who accompanies and understands the foundation of the Reformation of 1517, we are five hundred years now, I have the impression that Milenge has this aura initiated by the reformation of Luther and Calvin, and Zwingli and Farel of Bisel, it marked me and everywhere they introduce me Milenge is said to be a peaceful man, A jovial man, a man who is good with others, that I can affirm so he marked me a lot.

                                What can you advise her not to do?

                                He has a future that is radiant, he is young, he is intelligent, he does not only love his country and his church but he also loves his neighbor. The Reformation has relied on three fundamentals, piety for oneself, therefore sanctification, equity, that also it must be aligned (…). I am like him and the Protestants of 1517 insisted on equity.

                                And to those who do not know them, what do you advise them?

                                We must approach him, we must approach Milenge, talk with him, he is open, he receives everyone, I think he is indeed a shepherd, a pastor. I came to him once and only circumstantially. I want to change that too to get to know Milenge in his childhood father’s cap at home at home, because I know him in his office, in the Church, in what we do together at the African Observatory of Sanction positive.

                                He is listening to you at this moment, what message are you addressing him?

                                Yes. I salute him first, I salute Pastor Milenge on the line, on the conduct of the Protestant Church in the Congo and he fights, he organizes, he has ideas and ideas, he shares them. Here, the third fundamental profile of Protestants is sharing, that is to say, to know how to share, how to give and to give, it is necessary to possess and it is at work until late at night. I get the impression that he knows how to work. This is an asset for Milenge. I invite others to discover this man; A man of peace; A man who works, a man who loves, a man who shares, a home that is listening to everyone.

                                thank you very much

                                Thank you.

                                #292
                                Congo
                                Keymaster

                                  Everything has its time under the sun, “they say. Beginning on May 28, 2017, the process of identifying voters ended in Kinshasa on August 28, 2017. In an exclusive interview with La Prosperité, Carlos Mupili Kabyuma, President of the Kinshasa Civil Society and Christian Dynamics For the defense of Human Rights and the Environment, DCDHE, CN-CPI Kinshasa Focal Point and Researcher in International Law and Cyber ​​Law, read about the enrollment process in Kinshasa. He salutes the courage of the population and the willingness it had to obtain his voter’s card despite several technical weaknesses manifested by the CENI in his work. Having passed this test, it is time for the elections. Carlos Mupili remains convinced that the elections will take place in the DRC. However, beyond the date set out in the New Year’s Eve Agreement. And he motivated his position. Thus, it calls for a dialogue of the scholarly community which should present proposals to politicians. He also said that civil society and the forces working on the evaluation of the deadline to organize the elections. They will propose a pragmatic timetable with retrospective analysis that will take into account the true speed of the electoral process to check whether the next calendar of the CENI will be realistic or demagogic. Given the richness of his answers, read them in full in the following lines.

                                   President, the enrolment of voters in Kinshasa ended, in principle, today, Monday, August 28, 2017. What reading can you do?

                                  Carlos Mupili: Thank you for the opportunity. Mr. Journalist, the end of enrollment in Kinshasa leaves me with a very good impression. That of believing that the Kinois people wants the elections to sanction this mediocre political class, responsible for the misfortune of the Congolese since independence.

                                  In my capacity as President of the Civil Society of Kinshasa, to see the discipline and patience observed among the populations of Kinshasa in the queue, without incident or mediated disorder, I understand that murderous street actions are truly The theatrical work of politicians who are afraid of voting penalties. And, therefore, they prefer to sell the blood of the naive Congolese as a file to run for posts in the Government.

                                  However, it should be noted that the CENI presented weaknesses in this process following poor recruitment. This is linked, in particular, to clientelism. That is, some regimented members did not pass either the test or the training. Consequence, the slowness of the input operators. That did not allow enrollment even 15 people a day. We also condemn political parties that have not sent witnesses to registration centers.

                                  President, at the pace where things go, the Congolese lose hope to choose their Representatives this year. In your opinion, is the election, by the end of December 2017, a myth or a reality?

                                  Carlos Mupili: Without intending to discourage the Congolese people, I affirm that the organization of the elections at the end of 2017 is utopian. I come back to tell you that the Dialogue of the Interdiocesan Center, on which the Congolese people had hope, has failed. The reason is simple. The participants had not gone to think about either the electoral system and its funding, or even less about the electoral calendar. But they were there to discuss on the sharing of posts that the CENCO, accomplice of political hypocrisy, called “special arrangements”.

                                  So I will say, without fear of being contradicted, that the projection adopted “no later than the end of December 2017” was not considered. All this happened because they had their heads elsewhere, in power.

                                  As proof, those who are still calling the elections today are those who are not in the government or the CNSA. While those of Limete, who still shout out of jealousy and discontent, want yet another opportunity to dialogue to come to the Government. They always hide behind popular causes. Among them, I can quote, elections, democracy. But when they are in the manger, they will change the language. Those who are in the government and at the CNSA at the moment, they accused Matata of refusing to give the CEN the means to hold the elections. This, despite its many justifications for falling raw material prices. Today, they are there and nothing changes, except their language that changes camp. They went from insults to Kabila to flatteries in Kabila.

                                  Today, strikes are everywhere with fatal consequences in hospitals. And no politician is concerned about that. What interests them is money and power, even at the cost of the blood of their militants.

                                  ” The wine is pulled, it must be drunk, ” they say. In your capacity as an actor of the Civil Society, what can be done to get out of this political crisis?

                                  Carlos Mupili: I think we missed a very good opportunity for dialogue to reflect on the electoral impasse. I propose that next time, this forum should be entrusted to the scholarly community which should present proposals to politicians.

                                  I inform you that the Civil Society forces forces, has been working for a month on the evaluation of the deadline that remains for us to organise the elections. So a pragmatic timeline with the retrospective analysis that will take into account the true speed of the electoral process to check whether the next CENI calendar will be realistic or demagogic. Thank you.

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