DRC: the main lines of the program of the new Prime Minister
Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge, the new Congolese Prime Minister.
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The new Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde will present his government's program on Monday April 26 at the People's Palace, with a view to obtaining his investiture.
What are the main lines of this program?
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With our special correspondent in Kinshasa,
Sonia Rolley
Building a strong, prosperous and united state between 2021 and 2023 is the title of this 64-page program tabled on April 20 at the office of the National Assembly.
It is based on 15 pillars and 62 axes, broken down into actions to be carried out.
None are quantified, but it is an ambitious program where it is often a question of providing resources.
Provide resources to the police and the army to fight against armed groups.
To disadvantaged provinces with the establishment of a revenue distribution mechanism.
To the magistrates to motivate them to work outside the big cities with a bush bonus.
In this program, the Lukonde government also gives itself the mission of organizing the population census and all the elections as planned in 2023, including local elections never organized.
The rehabilitation of certain infrastructures is announced, such as that of the airports of Mbuji Mayi, Kisangani, Kindu and Kinshasa.
In short, resources will be needed to carry out this program and some measures are planned to improve the country's revenue, such as the unification of the financial authorities, the computerization of the revenue chain, the rationalization of exemptions or the reform of the General Inspectorate of Finance and the Court of Auditors.
But the question of means will undoubtedly be the main challenge as the DRC has adopted a budget of less than $ 7 billion for 2021.
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The new majority, the Sacred Union, on paper represents nearly 400 deputies, but the appointment of a government, however substantial, with 56 members has created discontent over the distribution between political forces and even geographic areas.
There are also tensions around the Law on the Electoral Commission.
Last weekend, Felix Tshisekedi received the deputies to encourage them to invest this new government by promising them to receive the dissatisfied and to find solutions for those who feel abandoned, he explained.
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