He was expected in Lubumbashi on Saturday, but ex-president Joseph Kabila could not make the trip. Members of his delegation had to leave Ndjili airport in Kinshasa to return to their homes. Meanwhile, in Lubumbashi, his followers mobilized to welcome him trying to interpret this non-arrival.
as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda wa Kamanda
Early in the morning, the members of the FCC delegation who should follow their moral authority were already at Ndjili airport. The plane ready to board. But no Joseph Kabila in sight.
After a long wait, the crowd disperses and returns to the city center. Everyone has their own interpretation. For some, the ex-president was not authorized by the new power to go to Lubumbashi the day before President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi’s speech, a speech that should inform public opinion about the future of the coalition.
For others, after checking the aircraft, the Directorate-General for Migration (DGM) would not have allowed passengers to take their seats because this aircraft could not take passengers. Even people close to the former president could not clarify the situation.
A postponed movement
Careful, a member of Joseph Kabila’s political family refers the journalists to the person himself to find out what happened. But it is on the side of the republic’s presidency that the declaration came …
According to François Beya, “the weather was bad at the destination and the senator for life decided on his own to postpone this trip”. Joseph Kabila thought this bad weather was a bad sign. He told the special security adviser to whom Kabila reportedly announced his decision to travel between Sunday and Wednesday.
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