In the Democratic Republic of Congo, tensions between Joseph Kabila’s Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC) and Félix Tshisekedi’s Cap for Change (Cach) are not diminishing. The current president of the republic’s political family wants to put an end to the coalition. She claims that the conflicts with the political grouping of Joseph Kabila no longer allow the coalition government to work in peace and quiet. For example, Felix Tshisekedi’s relatives have recently targeted Finance Minister José Sele Yalaghuli. They accuse this member of Joseph Kabila’s FCC of blocking several initiatives by Felix Tshisekedi. What the party concerned denies.
as reported from Kinshasa, Patient Ligodi
During meetings, in the media and on social networks, relatives of the current president claim that José Yalaghuli is sabotaging Félix Tshisekedi’s actions. Marcellin Bilomba, chief adviser to the head of state for economic affairs, cites examples of salaries for salaried employees: “He did not pay salaries to salaried employees on time. He preferred to pay the supplier invoices for the corporate groups close to his patron Joseph Kabila and the former Prime Minister Matata Ponyo. ”
A prioritization of expenditure
Fees rejected by José Sele Yalaghuli, who explains that restrictive spending such as wages is a priority. But the order of priority, he said, is that the military today are the first to receive their salaries, followed by police, teachers and doctors.
He also points out several limitations. For example, he notes that the salary envelope, which was 300 billion Congolese francs last year, has increased to 420 billion while the number of civil servants has increased from 1.2 million agents to more than 1.4 million agents this year.
Bad faith in the head of state’s entourage?
The Minister of Finance condemns, I quote, bad faith from the head of state’s entourage. He goes further and cites measures taken in Félix Tshisekedi’s region of origin, Kasai, such as the project to revive Bakwanga (Miba) mining company in Kasai: “All instructions, sometimes personal, from the head of state regarding this or any other type of expenditure are met. I give the example of Miba. It is I who propose the President of the Republic to restart Miba. ”
Meanwhile, Marcellin Bilomba promises other revelations that show, according to him, that Sele Yalaghuli and the FCC do not want Felix Tshisekedi to succeed in his five-year term.
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