DRC: Félix Tshisekedi met Moïse Katumbi and Jean-Pierre Bemba
Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi during a visit to Uganda, November 9, 2019. Sumy Sadurni / AFP
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Félix Tshisekedi received, Saturday, December 26 in Kinshasa, Moïse Katumbi and Jean-Pierre Bemba.
Until then, these two heavyweights of the Congolese political landscape sided with the opposition.
Just after the announcement of the end of the coalition that linked Félix Tshisekedi to Joseph Kabila, in early December, Moïse Katumbi and Jean-Pierre Bemba gave their support to the current President of the Republic.
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With our correspondent in Kinshasa,
Patient Ligodi
Moïse Katumbi and Jean-Pierre Bemba arrived in Kinshasa on Saturday without drum or trumpet.
The two members of the
Lamuka coalition
did not make a statement.
The meeting with
Felix Tshisekedi
lasted three meeting hours, without assistants.
There were only the three politicians in one of the private offices of the African Union city.
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The Head of State, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo met yesterday evening with Messrs Moïse Katumbi Chapwe, leader of the Ensemble pour la République party and Jean-Pierre Bemba, President of the MLC.
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According to a presidential adviser, the atmosphere was relaxed and the discussions focused on the evolution of the political situation in the DRC, with particular emphasis on what may be the new configuration of the presidential movement.
All smiles, at the end of the meeting, Moïse Katumbi and Jean-Pierre Bemba refused to lend themselves to questions from the presidential press, despite the latter's insistence.
The meeting continued late into the night, with a specific family meal, another adviser to Felix Tshisekedi.
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The Katumbi-Bemba-Tshisekedi axis once again illustrates the serious dissensions within the Lamuka platform, where Martin Fayulu and Adolphe Muzito remain the only ones to dispute the legitimacy of Félix Tshisekedi.
In the meantime, the current president continues to expand his influence.
Before his interview with Jean-Pierre Bemba and Moïse Katumbi, he had received, again this Saturday, four parliamentary groups, including a few deputies who were still part, a few days ago,
of Joseph Kabila's FCC
.
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