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In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Christophe Mboso Nkodia, President of the National Assembly, received representatives of religious communities in Kinshasa on Tuesday, August 17, to expedite the appointment of the future president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI).
as reported from Kinshasa, Patient Ligodi
Religious leaders are divided. On the one hand, Catholics and Protestants are against Denis Kadima’s candidacy, which they consider to be close to power, and on the other hand, the other six members of the platform for religious communities who proposed this candidate. Christophe Mboso Nkodia is pushing for the work to be completed this week. Negotiations are resumed, but the outcome is still uncertain.
Theoretically, it was yesterday Tuesday that the last deadline for the National Assembly’s president for religious communities expired. The religious leaders were received by Christophe Mboso Nkodia. The President of the lower house of Parliament noted the lack of respect for the deadline and asked them to speed up the process.
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Monsignor Marcel Utembi, President of the Congolese Bishops’ Conference, spoke for a long time with Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo to assess the situation and identify alternatives. “Has been fixed again. Christophe Mboso hopes that everything will be ready this week for the so-called Joint Opposition-Majority Committee to complete its work.
For their part, opponents still refuse to participate in this process, which they do not consider inclusive enough. Lamuka by Martin Fayulu and Joseph Kabila’s FCC criticizes the commission which, they say, is parity only in name.
Negotiations at this stage are blocked and Christophe Mboso is ready to continue the process without them. He wants to move on with the other components and leave the seats reserved for opponents both in the office and in the nomination committee’s plenary vacant until the end of the crisis.
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