DRC: a social rebellion against power takes shape
Street scene in Kinshasa in 2016. MONUSCO / Michael Ali
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Opponents of the new Ceni are calling for a "
great mobilization
" on November 6 against, according to them, the "
totalitarian drift
" in place in the country.
The anti-Tshisekedi motivate their call by five political and social demands.
The authorities have not yet commented on this announcement from their detractors.
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With our correspondent in Kinshasa,
Pascal Mulegwa
It is both against the current contested but invested Ceni that they intend to mobilize in the streets.
But also against the "
brutalization
" of students and the "
pauperization
" of teachers while the strike disturbs the school year.
The initiators of the march also cite "
the absence of state authority
" in the east of the country and what they call a "
scam
" via the ram tax, the registry on mobile devices.
So many subjects at the base of the frustrations.
For lay Catholics, Protestants, the FCC of Joseph Kabila and the camp of the Martin Fayulu - Adolphe Muzito tandem, all represented, these demands are the least of the concerns of the power in place.
"
To date, the observation of the country's governance is the slow, but sure and resolute establishment of a devastating dictatorship
," said Jean-Bosco Lalo, of the CALCC of Catholics.
A call to demonstrate, but above all a show of force.
“
On November 6, 2021, the world will see and understand that the Congolese people are neither weak nor cowardly, and that they are fundamentally opposed to the parody of the rule of law irreverently chanted by their heralds.
"
Moïse Katumbi's camp is also a signatory of the said appeal even if it has not yet left the ruling coalition.
The former governor of Katanga intends to consult his lieutenants in Kinshasa before positioning himself for or against his retention within the Union sacrée pro-Tshisekedi.
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