DRC: "The UDPS in power is the result of a long struggle"
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Fred Bauma, executive secretary of Ebuteli, the Congolese Institute for Research on Politics and Violence (photo illustration).
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By: Christophe Boisbouvier Follow
She is called “the eldest daughter of the Congolese opposition”.
Forty years ago, to the day, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) was born, the first party that courageously fought the dictatorship of Mobutu.
For a long time, the UDPS was embodied by its "maximo leader", Étienne Tshisekedi, the eternal opponent.
But today, with Félix Tshisekedi, the patriarch's son, the UDPS is in power.
Can you get to business without losing your soul?
Fred Bauma is the executive secretary of Ebuteli, the Congolese Institute for Research on Politics and Violence.
Online from Kinshasa, he answers questions from Christophe Boisbouvier.
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