Congo-B: the entry of a UPADS executive into the new government creates controversy

UPADS activists in front of the gates of the party's headquarters in Brazzaville.

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Until then head of the UPADS parliamentary group, Honoré Sayi became Minister of Energy and Hydraulics.

Problem: his party was not consulted and had not been informed, not even its first secretary Pascal Tsaty Mabiala.

What create a stir within the UPADS which is to meet on this subject this Tuesday, May 18. 

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Honoré Sayi's entry into the government created amazement within UPADS.

“ 

Things have been flawed,

 ” laments Guillaume Foutou, one of the party's executives.

Incomprehensible in his eyes that such a decision was taken without the management of UPADS being informed.

"

No agreement between the two parties,

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has much discomfort.

Pascal Tsaty Mabiala, our first secretary who is surprised is that there is a problem.

It annoys the activists a bit, including me.

 "

Should this be seen as a strategy on the part to be able to weaken the opposition party?

Some think so in Brazzaville, but for the government spokesperson, Thierry Moungalla, all that is a false debate.

“ 

When a government is formed, there are consultations, these consultations are done personally.

Minister Sayi was probably consulted, he accepted.

This is the reality.

Everything else is just interpretations and speculations which, in my opinion, are irrelevant.

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As for the person concerned, Honoré Sayi, he recognizes a "technical 

flaw

 " but remains unclear on how he was appointed.

"

 I cannot tell you if I have been consulted or not, but I will serve the Republic

 ", he promises.

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