DRC: Dieudonné Kasembo elected as head of employers against a backdrop of controversial election
Albert Yuma Mulimbi, the former head of Congolese employers.
Vincent Fournier / Young Africa
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In the DRC, the Council of State organized a new election at the employers' headquarters on Wednesday for the leadership of the Federation of Congo Businesses (FEC).
The body had canceled the previous ballot which had seen the re-election of Albert Yuma.
Result, it is the only candidate Dieudonné Kasembo who becomes the new president of the board of directors of the FEC.
The latter had contested the re-election of Albert Yuma.
The vote took place in a particular context, all the FEC offices being closed.
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Two ballot boxes placed right at the entrance to the building.
On the one hand, the secretary general of the Federation of Congo Enterprises (FEC) and on the other, three delegates from the Council of State.
Right next to the ballot box, a list, that of 134 members of this employers' organization, the potential voters.
Three hours of waiting, only 14 voters voted, almost half of them by proxy.
The ballot ended, the secretary general of the FEC, visibly uncomfortable by the context and the pressure he says he was subjected to from different camps, refused to sign the report.
Discussions, exchanges, meetings.
Finally, the Council of State proclaims Dieudonné Kasembo, new president of the board of directors of the FEC.
Albert Yuma considers recourse
Single candidate, 14 voters out of 134 potential voters, intervention by the Council of State, Dieudonné Kasembo is not so proud of the way things have unfolded.
We introduce this culture of democracy into our federation
Dieudonné Kasembo Nyembo, new president of the FEC
First promise, Dieudonné Kasembo announces that one of the priorities of his mandate will be the revision of the statutes and internal regulations of the FEC.
On the side of Albert Yuma, we qualify the procedure as irregular and we reserve the right to exercise the available remedies.
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