Félix Tshisekedi received on Saturday, December 26 in Kinshasa, Moïse Katumbi and Jean-Pierre Bemba. Until then, these two heavyweights in the Congolese political landscape sided with the opposition.
Just after the announcement of the end of the coalition that linked Félix Tshisekedi to Joseph Kabila, in early December, Moïse Katumbi and Jean-Pierre Bemba gave their support to the current President of the Republic.
Moïse Katumbi and Jean-Pierre Bemba arrived in Kinshasa on Saturday without a drum or trumpet. The two members of coalition Lamuka did not make a statement. The meeting with Felix Tshisekedi lasted for three hours meeting without assistants. There were only the three politicians in one of the private offices in the city of the African Union.
#RDC 27.12.2020 | # CitéUALe Head of State, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo met last night with Mrs Moïse Katumbi Chapwe, leader of the Ensemble pour la République party and Jean-Pierre Bemba, president of the MLC. pic.twitter.com/ReG2uLQjwN
– RDC Presidency ?? (@Presidence_RDC) December 26, 2020
According to a presidential adviser, the atmosphere was relaxed and the discussions focused on the development of the political situation in the DRC, with particular emphasis on what may be the new configuration of the presidential movement.
All smiles, at the end of the meeting, Moïse Katumbi and Jean-Pierre Bemba refused to lend themselves to questions from the presidential press despite the latter insistence. The meeting continued well into the night with a specific family meal, another adviser to Felix Tshisekedi.
The Katumbi-Bemba-Tshisekedi axis once again illustrates the serious disagreements within the Lamuka platform, with Martin Fayulu and Adolphe Muzito remaining the only ones to challenge Félix Tshisekedi’s legitimacy.
Meanwhile, the current president continues to expand his influence. Before his interview with Jean-Pierre Bemba and Moïse Katumbi, he had again this Saturday received four parliamentary groups, including some deputies who a few days ago were still part of FCC of Joseph Kabila.
