DRC: Tshisekedi meets Katumbi and Bemba about "Sacred Union"
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Félix Tshisekedi and Jean-Pierre Bemba, in September 2018 in Brussels, Belgium.
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How to define “the sacred union of the nation”?
The debate is still far from over.
President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi and his main allies Jean-Pierre Bemba of the MLC and Moïse Katumbi of Ensemble pour la République discussed it during their last meeting on Wednesday evening in Kinshasa.
They joined Jean-Marc Kabund, the interim president of the UDPS.
What did he say to himself?
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With our correspondent in Kinshasa,
Kamanda wa Kamanda Muzembe
As during their previous meeting on December 26, Jean-Pierre Bemba and Moïse Katumbi insisted on knowing the objective of the sacred union of the nation.
What content does President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi give to his vision?
According to our sources, the two men underline the need to include it in the daily needs and issues of the Congolese.
Like the persistence of insecurity and the killings in the East, violations of the integrity of the territory, the economy, or free education which is difficult to apply.
To this list, we should add the basic rights which are not respected: health, food, access to water and electricity ... "
It is important to favor a contract that reflects the priorities of governance at the service of the people
”, says Chérubin Okende, national deputy of the Moïse Katumbi movement.
The massive arrival
of FCC members
worries the two leaders of Lamuka, in particular the possibility of seeing former supporters of Joseph Kabila negotiating the presidency of the next office of the National Assembly.
Another subject: should we talk about reconciliation and consolidation of national cohesion?
asks a relative of Moïse Katumbi, who says he is waiting for the repatriation of the remains of President Mobutu and Prime Minister Tshombe.
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To read also: DRC: President Tshisekedi receives his new allies within the "Sacred Union"
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