C64 mobilises Paris against constitutional change in DR Congo
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Potentiel
Leaders of the Article 64 Coalition, a Congolese platform opposed to constitutional change, were received at the Quai d’Orsay in Paris on 2 November. They seek to mobilise international partners against the project backed by Félix Tshisekedi’s government, amid the adoption of a referendum law, according to Le Potentiel.
Leaders of the Article 64 Coalition (C64), a Congolese opposition platform, were received on Monday 2 November at the Quai d’Orsay in Paris by representatives of French diplomacy. They are seeking international support against the constitutional change project backed by their opponents, Le Potentiel reports.
The meeting was part of a series of consultations conducted by the C64 to internationalise the debate over the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The coalition considers the project a threat to the constitutional order, while the referendum law has been adopted and President Félix Tshisekedi wants to become more involved in the debate, according to Le Potentiel.
The initiative followed the C64’s rejection of constitutional change and the seizure of power by force, announced on 27 October. It also followed the coalition’s stated intention to bring Félix Tshisekedi and Joseph Kabila, the former Congolese president now allied with M23, together, announced on the same day (the C64’s rejection of constitutional change, the proposed meeting between Tshisekedi and Kabila).
