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In the Democratic Republic of Congo, where pro-Tshisekedi deputies and others from the opposition want to bring down the National Assembly’s offices controlled so far by the Kabila camp, conflicts between activists from both camps have erupted in Parliament’s territory. The police have been distributed, but the tension remains.
as reported from Kinshasa,Pascal Mulegwa
Since this morning and for the second day in a row, the situation in Parliament has been very tense. Pick-ups, barricades … Hundreds of police were dispatched this morning. Tensions escalated when Jean-Marc Kabund, the interim president of the presidential party, the UDPS, joined the half-cycle, which deputies demanded the resignation of the pro-Kabila president of the congregation, Jeanine Mabunda, and her bureau (the collegiate body that leads the lower house).
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Broken chairs, broken furniture … A real quarrel broke out in the National Assembly between activists from the president and his predecessors. Those in the Kabila camp wanted to prevent the plenary session from being held to examine the petitions presented last weekend. It was officially the Secretary-General of the National Assembly, Jean Nguvulu, who called it, but there is some confusion about what has happened in recent days.
Imbroglio around the Secretary General of the National Assembly
On Saturday, Kabila’s FCC said that Jean Nguvulu had been kidnapped by the presidential camp. Even today, the family members complained on a local radio that they had not seen him since. Witnesses confirm that they saw him in the congregation and the deputies assure them that it was pro-Kabila who kidnapped him.
There is therefore a great deal of confusion as the presidential camp promises that the debate and vote on these petitions must take place tonight. It remains to be seen what will be the reaction in Joseph Kabila’s camp, which condemns the illegality of this whole process.
The UN Joint Human Rights Office in Kinshasa “condemns the violence in and around the Palais du Peuple, which is incompatible with the demands of a democratic society”.
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