

RDC: Communique de la Majorite Presidentielle (10.01.2019)






Yesterday evening, the provincial results of the 30th December 2018 Presidential Elections got released. As that appear, the heir to the throne, Emmanuel Shadari lost and that was inevitable. If he would win, no one would believe it as true and a sham it would be. Because, that is Kabila’s first choice of man to succeed him.
However, if you thought Felix Tshisekedi Tshilombo and Vital Kamerhe was real opposition? You were wrong. As it have been confirmed during the December 2018, that there was negotiations between the CACH and FCC/Kabila. Also, to alter the fact of the announcement yesterday. There was news that Coalition pour le Changement (CACH) and Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC) that they held secret talks, as the provincial polls was postponed again. Therefore, as they were postponed on Sunday, CENI changed it after the reported talks and posted them last night. Just mere 24hours to 48hours max from the secret meeting in question between the parties. Because most people knows, if they have followed, that the heir to throne Shadari have never been popular and had any traction. So to change guards would be smart, to buy legitimacy.
Vital Kamerhe, who has been a close associate with Kabila in the past. Could have easily have moved close to the Presidential Palace and negotiated with them. As he is a savvy politician and knows the game well. This would have boosted the opportunities for his UNC and UDPS chances of any reach with the men of power.
There are expected to be a CACH-FCC Union, where the FCC get the Prime Minister and we don’t know, which post in the Cabinet. But if that is true, than the Kabila continues with just a change of guards. No real change, just a minor difference in party flag and whose the head. Because, it might not be Shadari, who was preferred, but still a man that Kabila and his folk can control.
While that would not happen with other opposition group, Lamuka with Jean Pierre Bemba (MLC) and Moise Katumbi (G-7, Ensemble), which had fielded Martin Fayulu as their Presidential Candidate. The one that CENCO now is claiming has the upper-hand, while CENI are saying Tshisekedi. Which fits the negotiated arrangement done by the CACH-FCC to counter the possible prospects of a Lamuka Government post-Kabila. That will not happen, because then the ill-gotten gains of the patronage of Kabila might be in-danger.
The CACH-FCC are working on down-playing their talks, their negotiations, but the postponement of election results combined with the leaks. Are showing there was smoke and now we see the fire. They can act as if it was nothing, when it really was. Because, deep down somewhere, Kabila knew that no one really supported his heir and his wishful candidate. That is why the reports of the secret meetings in December 2018 and the last minute meetings within the last 48 hours or so. Seems so long ago, but it’s just mere seconds ago.
While we are here, I will not celebrate, even if it is the supposed first time since independence, that there is a peaceful transition. Because, it is a fraud and a fake, a mockery of an attempt, a heist and a lock-out of the public will by the men in power. It is not a just foul-play, but acts of deviousness to take away the civic duty and the justification to hold elections. When, its in the end negotiated with the man on the throne.
There was no need of the drama, the internet blockade, the attacks on Lamuka Convoy in Lubumbashi, the excessive rigging and uncertainty made by CENI games. CENI played the people, CENI and Kabila mocked the free-will and the people’s right to determine who to succeed him.
Why do I say that, for the simple reason, CENCO has said the numbers doesn’t add up, the provincial announced results. They are claiming that and has documentation to state it. That means the third candidate is the supposed winner, but he will not be elected, as that will ensure the demise of the patronage and wealth of Kabila. While a CACH-FCC will continue the same old, same old with a few new comrades. Peace.


President Ramaphosa also urges all political parties and their supporters to also allow Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) to perform its legal and constitutional duties without interference.
PRETORIA, South Africa, January 10, 2019 – The President of South Africa, H.E. President Cyril Ramaphosa, notes the provisional results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) of the DRC and call on CENI to finalise the process with speed to ensure the credibility of the election and also maintain peace and stability.
The provisional results put candidate Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo ahead of Martin Fayulu Madidi and Emmanuel Shadary.
The President wishes to congratulate all parties and stakeholders in the DRC for ensuring peace and stability during the election processes and urge all regional and international interested parties to refrain from speculation and allow CENI to complete the process.
President Ramaphosa also urges all political parties and their supporters to also allow CENI to perform its legal and constitutional duties without interference and pressure.


He commends the Congolese people and political actors for the conduct of the presidential, national and provincial legislative elections.
NEW YORK, United States of America, January 10, 2019 – The Secretary-General takes note of the announcement, on 9 January, by the Commission électorale nationale indépendante (CENI) of the provisional results of the 30 December presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He commends the Congolese people and political actors for the conduct of the presidential, national and provincial legislative elections, which saw a broad and inclusive participation of political parties.
The Secretary-General calls on all stakeholders to refrain from violence and to channel any eventual electoral disputes through the established institutional mechanisms in line with the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Constitution and relevant electoral laws.
The Secretary-General expresses the hope that the CENI, the Constitutional Court, the Government, political parties and civil society will each live up to their responsibility in preserving stability and upholding democratic practices in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Secretary-General further reiterates the continued support and commitment of the United Nations, in collaboration with regional actors and international partners, for the consolidation of peace, stability and development in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General





