By RFIPissed 30-01-2019Modified on 30-01-2019 at 04:39
Barely proclaimed the fifth president of the DRC, Felix Tshisekedi is confronted with a social grumbling that he tries to meet with his former running mate who is currently his director firm. The challenge for Tshisekedi is not only to act quickly, but also to make an impression with decisions that directly meet the needs of the population.
The first days at the head of the country are not easy for Felix Tshisekedi.
On Sunday, January 27, three days after his swearing in, students from Lubumbashi University are in the street. They demonstrate against the cutting of water and electricity and the readjustment of academic fees. They face the police . Official report: three dead. In the evening, Vital Kamerhe, Tshisekedi's chief of staff, announces that the Minister of Higher and University Education will be heard on these events and that the measure on the readjustment of academic fees has also been suspended.
Tuesday, the public transport is paralyzed in Kinshasa, the capital, the employees of the Transport Company of Congo (Transco) goes on strike to claim arrears of salary. At mid-day, Vital Kamerhe meets the general management of this company in the presence of the finance and budget ministers as well as the union delegation of the company.
The Presidency Communication Service announces that Felix Tshisekedi has instructed the public expenditure chain to release the arrears and all the claimed benefits in an emergency procedure. In the process, Transco buses should resume traffic as of Wednesday.
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