KinshasasparliamentisexpectedtopassavoteofnoconfidenceagainstDRCongosprimeminister.ItsPresidentTshisekedislatestattempttoridhimselfofanonerouscoalition.Buthisproblemsarefarfromover.
PresidentFelixTshisekedioftheDemocraticRepublicofCongo(DRCongo)hasspearheadedavoteofnoconfidencetargetingPrimeMinisterSylvestreIlungaIlunkamba.
Thevote,whichwasoriginallyscheduledtotakeplaceonTuesday,willlikelyforcethegovernmentscollapseandmarkthefinaldeathblowtothecoalitionTshisekediformedwithhispredecessor,JosephKabila,twoyearsago.
Thepresidentshostilemovetookmanyobserversbysurprise."InOctobernobodywouldhavebetthatTshisekediwouldbeabletostandpowerrelationsontheirheadinjustthreemonthstime,"OnesphoreSematumbafromtheInternationalCrisisGroup(ICG)toldDWfromGoma."Heshowedhimselfunexpectedlytobeapoliticalstrategist."
TshisekediwonthepresidencyinDRCongosmuch-contestedDecemberelections,withthepollfraughtwithirregularities.Hewentontoforgeacoalitionwithhisdefeatedpredecessor,Kabila,whosepartytheCommonFrontforCongo(FCC),wonamajorityinboththeNationalAssemblyandtheSenate.
Tshisekedischallenges
LastmonthsawTshisekedicreatethe"SacredUnionoftheNation"—anewpoliticalgroupingwhosemainaimwastosidelinetheFCCbyformingnewparliamentarymajorities.TshisekedimanagedtopersuadeseveralparliamentarianstodefectfromKabilasparty.
Whilehehasprovedhimselfamasterstrategist,Tshisekedinowfacessomedauntingchallenges.HeexplainedhisinitiativewasnecessarytoendtoapermanentandparalyzinggovernmentcrisisandallowDRCongotoproceedwithnecessaryreforms.However,thenewcoalitionisstillmadeupofoldpoliticians.
"Itremainstobeseenwhetherhecankeepthisnewalliancetogether,becauseitisaveryfragilemajority,"saysSematumba."Itisbasedonpersonalinterestsandnotona
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