DRC: four opposition leaders give Lubumbashi a signal of joint action

2023-04-14T19:44:40.448Z

Highlights: Four Congolese opposition leaders and declared presidential candidates in December 2023 pledge to work together for the completion of the electoral process underway in the country. They are Matata Ponyo, Moise Katumbi, Delly Sesanga and Martin Fayulu. They made this statement Friday afternoon in Lubumbashi in the south of the country where they have been meeting since Thursday. The four leaders are already planning a first joint demonstration on May 13 in Kinshasa to demand a transparent and fair electoral process.

Four Congolese opposition leaders and declared presidential candidates in December 2023 pledge to work together for the completion of the electoral process underway in the country. He...

DRC: four opposition leaders give Lubumbashi a signal of joint action

Four Congolese opposition leaders, Delly Sesanga, Martin Fayulu, Moise Katumbi and Matata Ponyo, met in Lubumbashi to make a joint statement on Friday, April 14, 2023. © RFI/Denise Maheho

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Four Congolese opposition leaders and declared presidential candidates in December 2023 pledge to work together for the completion of the electoral process underway in the country. They are Matata Ponyo, Moise Katumbi, Delly Sesanga and Martin Fayulu. They made this statement Friday afternoon in Lubumbashi in the south of the country where they have been meeting since Thursday.

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With our correspondent in Lubumbashi, Denise Maheho

It is a commitment to the interest of the country that the four political opponents made in front of hundreds of activists. The statement was read by Olivier Kamitatu, Moïse Katumbi's chief of staff. "We, the signatories of this declaration, pledge to remain united in the unity of actions to bring to fruition the struggle of the Congolese people for a true rule of law.

While the electoral process is already underway, Moïse Katumbi's Together for the Republic, Martin Fayulu's Ecide, Delly Sesanga's Envol and Matata Ponyo's LGD are joining forces to say no to the revision of the Constitution. They are going back on their demands, notably the recomposition of the Constitutional Court. But also "the consensual appointment of the leaders of the organs of the CENI, the urgent conduct of an external audit of the identification and enrolment operations in progress with a view to the production of an honest electoral register, reflecting the demographic realities of each electoral district.

In this two-page document, the 4 opponents painted a gloomy picture of the management of the country by the current government. They denounced, for example, the instrumentalization of institutions, insecurity and the willingness of the authorities to want, they say, to exclude certain declared candidates for the next presidential election. While denouncing several evils that are eating away at the country, the four leaders are already planning a first joint demonstration on May 13 in Kinshasa to demand a transparent and fair electoral process.

DRC: four opposition leaders give Lubumbashi a signal of joint action

DRC: four opposition leaders give Lubumbashi a signal of joint action

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