On the front page of the press in Kinshasa
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The President of the DRC, Félix Tshisekedi.
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By: Kamanda Wa Kamanda
6 min
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Consultations for a Sacred Union of the Nation ... Several Kinshasa newspapers are commenting this week on possible conclusions or speculating on their results.
Under the title "
Assume the divorce or temper
", the daily
Le Potentiel
writes that Félix Antoine Tshisekedi will have to make a choice at the end of the consultations of the Palais de la Nation, he who, the newspaper says, is facing strong tensions with its allies of the FCC.
For this daily, the 5th president of the DRC is betting on a high strategy and has recreated high expectations among the population.
Expectations perceived in the consultations where everyone advocates turning the page of a "
Coalition in power which does nothing but dig a deep ditch with the population
".
Le Potentiel is
waiting for the President of the Republic to announce and “
courageously
assume
the rupture
”, because, continues the daily: “
Pouring into half-measures for the survival of a conflict-generating coalition will undoubtedly create popular disappointment
”.
The bi-weekly
Le Maximum
, for its part, gives "
The position of Kabila
" on this search for "
Reconfiguration of the parliamentary majority
".
In support of the idea of the announced recomposition of the parliamentary majority resulting from the December 2018 elections around the President of the Republic, this newspaper maintains, I quote that "
the missi dominici of the UDPS are feverishly busy carrying out the aggressive takeover bid. launched against the said majority acquired today from his predecessor Joseph Kabila
”.
And Le Maximum, close to the FCC, to reveal: "
In the opinion of the members of his inner circle, Kabila is furious and ready for any eventuality, whatever the cost
".
The ultimate battle for the conquest of power between Félix Tshisekedi and Joseph Kabila ... It is in the daily
Le Phare
.
Wounded in his self-esteem, Joseph Kabila sees the sky falling on his head, says this newspaper.
And to continue: “
The man who expresses himself little, becomes more talkative than ever.
This simply shows that the man seems egocentric, the interest of the other is not his business, we can still read in this correspondence.
"And
Le Phare
estimate in its columns:"
Finding himself in a position of weakness, Joseph Kabila is making saving plans to have Felix Tshisekedi ejected from his presidential seat.
"
Finally, in the weekly
The Post
: “
Could a Malian scenario be downloaded in the DRC?
The newspaper is concerned about the "
permanent standoff between Félix Tshisekedi and Joseph Kabila
which
, according to colleagues from
The Post
newspaper
,
strongly divides the Congolese army
".
These colleagues perceive a tearing within the DRC Armed Forces between loyalty to the current head of state and an ever-tenacious loyalty to former President Kabila.
The weekly evokes for that "the surprise press conference" of last November 12th where, according to
The Post
, "
the spokesman of the army, General Léon Richard Kasonga, delivered an astonishing balancing act, as a reminder of the loyalty of the FARDC to institutions, warned against internal criticism on social networks, and issued a warning against politicians who would like to exploit the army ...
"
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