One week ago, Congolese deputies fired Jeanne Mabunda, President of the National Assembly, and his office. But supporters of former President Joseph Kabila are attacking the procedure they consider to be troubled by corruption.
as reported from Kinshasa, Sébastien Németh
Envelopes of 10 to 20,000 dollars and a total of a huge operation that cost 15 million. According to NOGEC, corruption largely ruined the vote on January 10. The movement near Joseph Kabila explains that it included videos in videos in which several deputies explained that they had received bribes.
NOGEC therefore asks the prosecutor to initiate a flagrant procedure to avoid having to go through the National Assembly in the event of, for example, the arrest of an elected official. Its president Constant Mutamba wants to arrest “so that it works as a lesson”. According to him, these methods “sink the country into the abyss”. He waits for justice to determine the corrupt and the sponsors. Meanwhile, he condemns “official coins” and calls for “the emergence of a new political class”.
Simon Kalenga, spokesman for the presidential party UDPS, said for his part that he was calm. According to him, the supposedly corrupt deputies are ironic in the videos that are circulating. “I do not see the FCC corrupting itself to bring down its own office,” he said of pro-Kabila.
A complaint from the dismissed office
But there is another procedure, the one initiated by the members from the assigned office. They appealed to the Prime Minister and considered that it was up to them to act temporarily until the election of their successors. However, they have been replaced by an old age office with the dean of elected officials at the helm. “We go from one violation of the texts to another. It is up to the intended office to do the interim. But there is pressure on the judiciary in this case, says PPRD deputy François Nzékuyé.
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