By RFIPalled on 22-11-2018Modified on 22-11-2018 at 22:24

President Kabila met this morning with the cadres of the Common Front in his private residence in Kingakati, on the first day of the election campaign. A way according to his entourage to reaffirm the unity of his coalition around the candidate he has chosen, Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, and which he is the godfather in this campaign. President Kabila who made no statement to the press on Thursday could give a press conference on Friday according to his entourage.

President Kabila will not have waited until after the beginning of the campaign to stand alongside his candidate ... and reaffirm his support. A talkative speaker as usual, but smiling, relaxed, and ready, according to Lambert Mende, spokesman for the Common Front candidate, to play an active role in this campaign. " President Kabila, " he says, " is available to help our candidate as well, since he is the moral authority of the Common Front political family for the Congo. He even declared his availability to support anyone who needed him during the campaign since no law prohibits a sitting President of the Republic can wet his shirt as did President Trump in the United States. for his deputies and senators. "

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The Common Front, still according to Lambert Mende, approaches the deadline of December 23 with " humility " but " optimism ": " combative, uninhibited, we are sure that we will win. In what proportion? It depends on the people. We are winning, just to see our opponents to understand that we are certainly destined to win. "

Asked about the return of Martin Fayulu , welcomed the previous day by several thousand supporters at the airport, Lambert Mende believes that this is a candidate " featherweight ". As for Felix Tshisekedi and Vital Kamerhe, the two dissidents of the Geneva agreement , they are still under discussion in Europe, and could make a joint return to the DRC at a date not yet announced.

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