Easfer Sunday of Etienne Tshisekedi aka Tshitshi aka Lider Maximo

Twenty-one years ago yesterday, a tearful Mobutu stood in front of TV
cameras at N'Sele, a suburb of Kinshasa, to announce to the nation his
resignation as chairman of the Party-State and the beginning of the
multiparty system.
Etienne Tshisekedi, then and now at the helm of UDPS--the historic
opposition party--was quick to appropriate that date as marker for his
party.
This time around, April 24 fell on Easter Sunday and 'combatants', as
UDPS party members are called, thronged at the no less historic Tata
Raphael Stadium, the setting of the Rumble in the Jungle, to listen to
Tshisekedi deliver a short speech that stands as the opening salvo in
his presidential bid.
In theory, presidential and legislative elections should take place in
November. But, practically, as the CENI, the independent electoral
commission, accumulates delays upon delays, the November deadline
seems to many as belonging to the realm of wishful thinking. Be that
as it may, Tshisekedi warned that if a new president isn't sworn in by
December 6, the constitutional deadline, his party would take to the
streets to kick the Rais out...