The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is “on the verge of bankruptcy”, the Catholic bishops, members of the National Bishops’ Conference in Congo (Cenco), are very upset about the coalition in power for twenty months.
as reported from Kinshasa,
In their announcement published on Monday, October 19, at the end of their plenary session, the prelates black painted the position of the Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC) by Joseph Kabila and the Cap pour le Change (CACH) of Félix Tshisekedi. , two coalitions whose tensions, according to the prelates, block the institutions and exacerbate the recession.
As usual, the tone of the bishops is fixed, but this time they do not hide their disappointment. “While the country is on the verge of bankruptcy and at a time when Congolese are betraying indescribable misery exacerbated by Covid-19, the Allies in power are using their energy to place calculations in relation to the 2023 election to preserve or regain power, ”declared their spokesman, Father Donatien N’hole, as he read the message, entitled” Congolese people, let us not let our sovereignty be stolen. ”
“The whole system is blocked”
Thus, there is a fierce battle for the governance of strategic institutions, especially the Constitutional Court, and they assure, “the whole system is blocked”. The court “is made incapable of carrying out its mission. Lack of quorum ”.
Even the Catholic prelates wonder: “How do you explain so many shenanigans for the control of the Ceni and the absence of consensus around the electoral reforms, which presupposes one more slide?”.
The bishops of Cenco speak of the occupation of “power for the sake of power,” which “corresponds to the confiscation of the sovereignty of the people.” They announced that “the hour has come to get up and go into the light”. “Let us wake up from our sleep to a civic engagement,” they launched in their message.
The message was unveiled in the presence of some civil society movements, including the secular coordination committee that had organized popular waves against Joseph Kabila’s regime.
The church towns condemn a harmful security situation against the background of rising tribalism and a declining economy. In any case, with this tandem in power, the bishops are going from bad to worse.
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