DRC: the appointment of Denis Kadima at the head of the Ceni suspended from Tshisekedi's pen
Felix Tshisekedi was elected in January AFP / File
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The National Assembly approved the new members of the office of the electoral commission on Saturday.
It is now up to the Head of State to decide and have the power to confirm these appointments by presidential ordinance.
If in his camp, we are delighted to see this crucial step taken, the opposition, it is still boycotting.
And even in the ranks of the Sacred Union, the new majority, this creates real dissension.
For Catholics and Protestants, it was a red line.
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In the entourage of President Félix Tshisekedi, we welcome the
appointment of Denis Kadima as president of the Ceni
who would be the best of the candidates, because of his CV, he is an international electoral expert. Critics against him would be, according to a close friend of the Congolese head of state, because he is Muluba, of the ethnic group of Félix Tshisekedi. But this relative refuses to confirm that President Tshisekedi will sign the order. "
It is his prerogative but the protests will not prevent the elections from taking place,
" he explains again.
But if the presidential ordinance is signed, Catholics and Protestants have already threatened to demonstrate. And with them, the citizen movements. The last Christian marches in the country date from 2018, it was at the time against the maintenance in power of Joseph Kabila. Then, in July 2020, Catholics and Protestants had already
rejected the candidacy of Ronsard Malonda
and President Félix Tshisekedi had decided not to ratify his appointment. The Lay Coordinating Committee, which led the marches, today expresses its disappointment. "
It is really with sadness and dismay that we note that the same scenario which had presided over the appointment to the hussar of Ronsard Malonda could still prevail this time around despite the efforts made so that these appointments can take place in a consensus. as wide as possible. It is about the organization of the elections which we all want peaceful, transparent. The fact that we find ourselves in exactly the same configuration is really deplorable. We hope that everyone can pull themselves together and that the Head of State can apply the same measure he had taken, that is to say not to issue an investiture order when the appointments have been made. operated in such a contestable context
”, governs Hervé Diakiese, spokesperson for the CLC.
If the head of state does so, the DRC risks plunging back into the scenario of a tense electoral process by 2023, believes Trésor Kibangula, political analyst for the Congo Study Group.
The risk that President Tshisekedi runs is to get everyone to agree against him like that.
The days and weeks ahead will be very tense in the country
Kibangula Treasure
The Lamuka coalition of opponents Martin Fayulu and Adolphe Muzito are already demonstrating, but not Joseph Kabila's FCC today in the opposition.
On the side of the majority, these designations could precipitate an implosion of the Sacred Union.
First, the parties of former governor Moïse Katumbi.
The other group which had already expressed its dissatisfaction is the UNC of the former chief of staff Vital Kamerhe.
As for the MLC of former vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba, so far, he had not taken a position publicly, but his party is meeting on Monday to talk about it.
On the side of the presidential party, it has been said for weeks not to worry about the inclinations to demonstrate by one or the other because the UDPS would have been, according to supporters of Félix Tshisekedi, the main mobilizing force during the Christian marches.
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