AMP, Joseph Kabila's ruling cartel of political parties.
Speaking yesterday to reporters, UDEMO Senator Joseph Masikini said
that the agreement signed between his party and the AMP in 2006 hasn't
been abrogated by the recent firing of Mobutu, UDEMO's leader.
Therefore, Masikini asserted, Mobutu's replacement has to come from
within the ranks of UDEMO.
This replacement of Mobutu by another UDEMO leader could just be
wishful thinking. So far, the AMP has kept mum over the issue and
there are no signs the Raïs is consulting anyone over the rumored
pending government shuffle. There's no doubt, however, that the AMP
caucus in Parliament breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the
statement by Senator Masikini. The AMP will still have a comfortable
majority in Parliament to pass the electoral bill tabled for this last
legislature.
The party "Patriotes Résistants Maï-Maï" (PRM) also maintains its
membership within the AMP though its leader, Philippe Undji, was also
fired from his position as Minister of Rural Development. In a
statement read by its spokesman, PRM praised the Raïs for his
"Zero-Tolerance" policy toward corruption and embezzlement but called
for a general audit of government ministries to catch other plunderers
still on the loose!
A strange statement, indeed, coming from the party of a minister who
has not only been fired but was also given up to justice by the Raïs.
Summoned yesterday, Undji claimed his innocence in front of TV cameras
before entering the office of the General Prosecutor of the Republic
(DRC Attorney General).
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