DR Congo PM resigns, allowing president to name own premier

DR Congo PM resigns, allowing president to name own premier
AFP
1/29/2021
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President Felix Tshisekedi, left, and predecessor Joseph Kabila
DR Congo's prime minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba resigned on Friday, the presidency said, a move enabling President Felix Tshisekedi to appoint his own premier supported by a new parliamentary majority. 
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DR Congo Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba resigned on Friday, the presidency said
Presidency spokesman Giscard Kusema told AFP that Illunga "said he had drawn the consequences of the developing political situation."
Ilunga 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 tussled with Tshisekedi since he took office two years ago.

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