With the proposed law on “Congolity”, the census project to update the electoral roll, the legal proceedings against politicians (Vital Kamerhe, Matata Ponyo), Lucha says she is concerned about respect for the election calendar. General elections in the DRC. The movement calls for “defending free, open and inclusive elections”.
The Lucha Civic Movement organized a simultaneous press conference in Kinshasa, Bukavu, Mbuji-Mayi and Kananga this Friday to urge Congolese, political parties and religious organizations to follow a citizen’s “agenda” to “defend free, transparent and inclusive elections” in 2023.
Bienvenu Matumo, de la Lucha, recalls the values that the President of the Republic defended before coming to power: “The President of the Republic comes from a left-wing movement, a movement that defends social values, which belongs to Socialist International. “
Respect the values he defended
He urges Head of State Félix Tshisekedi to respect the values he defended when he was an opponent: “He must not introduce measures that exclude candidates, measures that politicize Ceni, measures that capture the process. He must calm everyone down. He must set an inclusive process. He must play this role as guarantor of the nation, so that every citizen feels calm in the process, that all actors have confidence in the process. […] No slipping is tolerated. “
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For him, the international community can also play a role in ensuring that the electoral process takes place in a consistent manner: “I am pleased with the position of the United States, the position of head of Monusco, here in the Democratic Republic of Congo, welcomes Bienvenu Matumo de la Lucha. Congolese friends to take a stand so that all of us, friends of Congo and Congolese, put pressure on Tshisekedi to organize dignified, credible, inclusive, independent, transparent, peaceful, consensual elections in 2023. “
La Lucha is awaiting forthcoming announcements of membership of its citizens’ agenda. The movement also demands the release of the militant from the Butembo section, Parfait Muhani, currently imprisoned in Goma.
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