Draft law on "congolity" in the DRC: the Kabila camp opposes it
The People's Palace, building of the Congolese Parliament (DRC).
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The proposed law on "congolity" ignites the political debate in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Filed last week, the law could prohibit access to the presidential office and other sovereign functions to people who do not have a Congolese father and mother.
The coalition of former President Joseph Kabila considers it unconstitutional.
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The Common Front for Congo (FCC), judged the proposed law on Congolity "
unconstitutional, inopportune, discriminatory and conflictogenic
".
According to the coalition of former President Joseph Kabila, this law “
undermines the unity of the country
” and risks “
jeopardizing democratic gains
”.
“
This country has never been ruled by a foreigner.
This is a question that we consider quite inappropriate and which in no way solidifies the national cohesion of our country which is an everyday construction and which does not need to suffer, at this time, from any inclination whatsoever. which calls into question the republican pact which led to the Constitution which currently governs us.
There are already conditionalities that exist at the constitutional level, at the level of the law, and that, until today, has never posed a problem
”, insisted Patrick Nkanga, of the political office of the PPRD, party. by Joseph Kabila.
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