New dismissal in the ranks of pro-Kabila. Former Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo announced this morning that he was leaving the PPRD and the FCC for, he wrote, reasons for personal convenience. This departure is commented on in all directions in political circles in the DRC.
as reported from Kinshasa, Commander Muzembe Commander
As soon as he resigned, former Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo thanked on Twitter former President Joseph Kabila for allowing him to work for nearly 12 years in the PPRD, the former presidential party, and serve as finance minister and prime minister.
For personal reasons, I sent my resignation to the PPRD and the FCC. I thank his Honorable President. JK Kabange for letting me work for almost 12 years in the PPRD and occupy the positions of Minister of Finance and Prime Minister.
– Matata Ponyo Mapon (apMapon_Matata) March 12, 2021
His resignation comes at a time when the Kabila clan seems to be losing momentum. Several people have already left the FCC family to join the Sacred Union of the Nation, an initiative of President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi who joined the FCC-CACH coalition.
According to his confidant, Augustin Matata Ponyo never felt comfortable among his former companions, “many of whom did not carry him in their hearts”.
It must also be said that Matata Ponyo is moving away from Joseph Kabila at the time when the name of the former prime minister is mentioned in a financial scandal: embezzlement of public funds intended for the agro-industrial group Bukanga-Lonzo. The case has already been sent to court, it is said to the General Inspectorate of Finance. But Augustin Matata Ponyo claims his innocence and talks about political manipulation, whose goal, according to him, is to drown him. Does he intend to get closer to the current power, as many have already done? No comment at the moment from the main interested party
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