DRC: Constitutional Court rejects Zoé Kabila's request on his dismissal
Zoé Kabila, the brother of the former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2014 (Illustrative image).
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The Congolese Constitutional Court has confirmed the dismissal of Zoé Kabila from his post as governor of the province of Tanganyika.
A decision announced this Friday, June 18 at the end of a public hearing.
The little brother of the former president, dismissed in early May by a majority of provincial deputies, had taken legal action.
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With our correspondent in Kinshasa,
Kamanda wa Kamanda Muzembe
The judgment of the Constitutional Court was final.
The Court considers that the petition brought by the deposed governor of Tanganyika, Zoé Kabila, is unfounded.
The latter did not accept
his dismissal
by the provincial assembly in early May.
Accused of mismanagement and incompetence, Zoé Kabila did not appear at the plenary convened to examine her possible departure.
And he had pretended to be in Kinshasa, awaiting an audience with the President of the Republic.
But according to the prosecutor, Zoé Kabila has produced no proof of his presence in the capital.
Motion of no confidence against his team
In addition, he could have been represented at this plenary, said the prosecutor.
The motion of no confidence concerned his team and not just the governor's person.
13 provincial representatives out of 25 in the Tanganyika provincial assembly voted for the departure of the team at the head of the province.
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