Only four months until the 202 presidential election. In Congo-Brazzaville, the political class met last week in Madingou (south) during a consultation to better prepare for this election. But the former finance minister, Mathias Dzon, describes the meeting as a failure and demands a “real” dialogue. For its part, the Convention of the Republican Parties (Copar), which brings together the political formations that claim to be from the center, plays on appeasement.
as reported from Brazzaville, Loïcia Martial
Mathias Dzon was represented in Madingou, but for the declared candidate for the next presidential election, the consultation yielded nothing. Madingou leaves the feeling of a real failure. Madingou failed. Madingou’s goal was not openness but only the preservation of power, he states.
Conversation about an inclusive dialogue
He proposes that the head of state convene an inclusive dialogue before March 2021. He believes that it is not too late to do so. “We have four months. We are in early December, that the President of the Republic makes the decision to say: “Political class we have failed in Madingou, let’s meet again” (politicians and social workers) and we just do the review of election management “, cowardly again Mr. Dzon.
“Develop the economy and meet social challenges”
Political groups, say from the center, rather think that the act of revising the electoral list before the presidential election, which should not be a moment, is a step forward. “We will not kill the Congolese. every time there is a vote. It must stop anyway because there is something else to do: develop the economy and meet social challenges, exclaims Christ-Antoine Walembeaud, President of the Republican Party Convention (Copar). the next vote remains to be decided.
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