In the Democratic Republic of Congo, tensions are being felt within the ruling coalition at all levels. In connection with the beginning of the review of the report, prepared by the Minister of Finance’s services from the coalition for Kabila, deputies pointed to the Presidency’s budget overruns.
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Since then, a spokesman, an adviser and even members of the UDPS have multiplied the explanations to justify expenditure almost seven times larger than budget forecasts, or 329 billion Congolese francs. For the presidential camp, there is a desire to keep the image of the head of state in full consultation. The details in
For Marcellin Bilomba, adviser to the head of state responsible for the economy, we must first take into account that many institutions experienced overruns last year and not just the presidency: “But for us, this is understandable. We arrived on January 24, 2019 with new visionary leadership. This meant that we inherited the budgets from the outgoing team. As a result, these budgets did not meet the configuration of the presidency led by the head of state. ”
Since last year, the lifestyle of the presidency has been designated due to the size of the cabinet, the multiplication of structures within it. or even the president’s travelsin the middle of a crisis.
For Valery Madianga of the Observatory on Public Expenditure, a Congolese NGO, although it is true that these transgressions are not limited to the presidency and already took place under Joseph Kabila, they constitute an administrative error that is maintained. of sanctions: “All these facts are considered facts of mismanagement, but at present, given that the Economic Prosecutor’s Office is not installed, there is no sanction. That is why you see that they continue to consume the excess credits in a status quo that does not say its name every year. ”
For ODEP, the overruns felt by the presidency can be partly explained by expenses such as those incurred in the head of state’s 100-day program and other emergency expenses that can be attributed to the presidency.
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