On the front page of the press in Kinshasa: the swearing-in of the new CENI team
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Kamanda wa Kamanda Muzembe.
Thomas nicolon
By: Kamanda Wa Kamanda
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Two events marked the week: the start at the Constitutional Court of the trial of the agro-industrial park of Bukanga-Lonzo and the swearing in of the new team of the Independent National Electoral Commission, CENI.
In the daily
Le Phare
, Matata's trial: real-false start! Under this headline, this daily writes: "
Broadcast live on Congolese national television, like the trial of Kamerhe, former chief of staff of the Head of State, the first hearing lasted only a few minutes. time to identify the main defendants: Matata Ponyo, present in the flesh, Patrice Kitebi, former minister delegate to the Prime Minister and former director of the Industry Promotion Fund, and Christo Grobler, manager of the southern firm. African Africom.
“At the request of the defense lawyers, the hearing was postponed to November 8, 2021, the time to find an interpreter for the accused Christo Grobler, speaker of English, explains
Le Phare
.
For its part, the newspaper
La Tempête des Tropiques
was interested in the reactions heard on this trial. The ACAJ (Congolese Association for Access to Justice) welcomes the start of this trial which “
is a big step forward in the fight against corruption in the DRC
”. In the corridors of the Constitutional Court, notes this daily, “
several big fish, mostly from the old regime, will not survive this trial.
"
"
A strong signal for 2023 ... Denis Kadima and his entire team take the oath
".
You can read it in the daily
L'Avenir
.
For 2023, we can still read, the new management team of the CENI will have to embark on the technical preparations already started by the Nangaa team (outgoing president of the CENI) in order to avoid a slippage.
Denis Kadima, the anti-slip
It is the bi-weekly
Le Maximum
which affirms it. This newspaper also notes that “
his team finally and formally took office at the headquarters of the Congolese electoral center, boulevard du 30 Juin in Kinshasa. However, it was not easy to get there, as evidenced by the gaps to be filled: three positions reserved for the political opposition…,
explains
Le Maximum
. For this newspaper,
the National Assembly led by the USN Christophe Mboso had put an end to these procrastinations, Saturday, October 16, 2021, with the approval of a majority of members, after many brawls in and outside the hemicycle of the Palace of the people of Kinshasa. "
Finally, in the tri-weekly
Africanews
, the States General of communication and the media start on November 18.
“
Patrick Muyaya, the minister of this sector is all set,
reveals
Africanews who speaks of the imminent reform of the communication and media sector.
The States General
, we can read in
Africanews, constitute a participatory framework to reflect on the legal framework which governs the exercise of press freedom in the DRC
”
.
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