The prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has resigned, a move that will enable President Felix Tshisekedi to appoint his own prime minister supported by a new parliamentary majority.
Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba was constitutionally required to resign after being censured by the National Assembly on Wednesday.
He is a close ally to former President Joseph Kabila whose supporters have been locked in a tussle for power with Tshisekedi since he took office two years ago.
Presidency spokesman Giscard Kusema told the AFP news agency that llunga “said he had drawn the consequences of the developing political situation”.
DRC Parliament backs Tshisekedi against predecessor Kabila Although Tshisekedi won the presidency in December 2018 elections, he had been governing in coalition with Kabila s camp which held on to a parliamentary majority at the same time. FILE: Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi. Picture: AFP
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KINSHASA - Lawmakers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have backed President Felix Tshisekedi in the latest round of his power struggle with predecessor Joseph Kabila, sources told AFP Saturday.
Some 301 out of the 500 MPs signed a censure motion filed in parliament Friday against Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, a Kabila ally, multiple sources said.
As tensions with Kabila mounted, Tshisekedi suspended cabinet meetings in October, before announcing in early December that he would stop working with his predecessor's camp
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DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi s office said Saturday that he has pardoned two men convicted over the assassination of former ruler Laurent-Desire Kabila, the father of his political rival Joseph Kabila.
The announcement comes during a political crisis that has put Tshisekedi at loggerheads with Joseph Kabila, his immediate predecessor as president.
Laurent-Desire Kabila was shot dead in his office by one of his bodyguards on January 16, 2001. The bodyguard was then shot dead.
But two senior officials, the slain president s former aide de camp Colonel Eddy Kapend and former intelligence chief Georges Leta, were among those convicted of the conspiracy to kill the president. Both men have denied any part in the plot.