By RFPosted on 24-08-2019Modified on 24-08-2019 at 05:02

The meeting originally announced Thursday between the Head of State and the Prime Minister supposed to hand him the final list of future members of this government expected for 7 months now has not taken place. Late Friday night, a spokesman for the presidency announced that finally the Prime Minister would be received "this Saturday for the final adjustments". What are the last blocking points?

First, there is the question of whether or not to reserve former Minister Modeste Bahati Lukwebo and his relatives in this government. A sensible subject. For the presidency is feared to see this influential troublemaker in Congolese politics join the opposition if he did not win.

But Modest Bahati Lukwebo continues to claim four ministerial posts, in the name of his weight in the Assembly, where his AFDC formation was the second force of Joseph Kabila's Common Front, until he was expelled from that position. coalition in July for maintaining his candidacy for the roost of the Senate against the candidate chosen by the former president.

Since then, the formation has been split between a wing loyal to Modeste Bahati Lukwebo and another loyal to the former president's Common Front. As a result, in the list that the FCC sent to the Prime Minister for the future government, only " two posts " would have been reserved for AFDC-wing Joseph Kabila, "in accordance with their current weight within the Common Front " provides a framework of this coalition. Hence the blockage.

But that's not all, according to a source in the presidency, the negotiations have also stumbled in recent days on behalf of several personalities proposed by the FCC, including the Ministry of Finance. A personality " splashed " recently by " accusations of embezzlement " according to this source that ensures that just yesterday, the head of state Felix Tshisekedi was not ready to accept it.

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