Radio-Trottoir sees the hand of Joseph Kabila behind the recent accusations heaped upon former Prime Minister Adolphe by MP Gérard “Gécoco” Mulumba. And Radio-Trottoir put forth four reasons to back this claim.
Firstly, Gécoco’s accusations, backed by photographs and video clips, are so detailed they could only have been gotten by professional intelligence-gathering services—especially in light of Gécoco’s claim that he’s also sitting on more evidence of Muzito’s ill-gotten gains overseas.
Secondly, and this is closely related to the first reason, in order to level such damning accusations against a powerful individual like Muzito, you better have the evidence to back them up in a court of law.
Thirdly, Gécoco is a pal and a confidant of MP Francis Kalombo, the leader of Kabila’s PPRD youth wing. Now, both are known to have informal direct access to the Prez.
And lastly, Gécoco closely treads the party line within the Presidential Majority and, without solid backing, couldn’t have gone out on a limb to attack a high-ranking official of PALU who also happens to be the nephew of that party’s leader, former Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga.
2) Stampede at the door of the “Informateur” Charles Mwando Simba
About a week ago, Gabriel Kyungu, former governor of Katanga and an elected national MP of that province who has just resigned his seat, said in a television interview that more than 60 power-hungry members of the Presidential Majority have already applied to the position of prime minister.
And at his Monday press conference, MP Charles Mwando Simba, revealed that he’s drowning under the flood of CVs he’s getting from candidates to ministerial jobs. Mwando Simba also said he’d received dozens of phone calls from politicos applying for various positions in government. Which shows that the executive branch is the natural turf of shady pols out there to make a quick buck.
Mwando Simba asked those corrupt and opportunist politicians to cease and desist; and reminded them of the provisions of Article 78 of the Congolese constitution which stipulates that,
“The President of the Republic appoints the Prime Minister from the ranks of the parliamentary majority after consultation of the latter. He terminates the functions of the Prime Minister upon presentation by the latter of the resignation of the Government.
If such a majority does not exist, the President may entrust an exploratory mission to a person with a view to identifying a coalition.”
Therefore, Mwando Simba insisted, the consultation doesn’t involve individuals but political parties.
Mwando Simba also laid out his “methodology” and said that he’ll consult with: 1) parties belonging to the Presidential Majority to seek out a “confirmation” that they still belong to the majority; and 2) opposition parties to find out their “perception” of governance as well as their “observations” and “advice.”
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