Franck Diongo justifies Joseph Kabila’s choice to take up arms in DR Congo
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Actualité.cd
Congolese opposition figure Franck Diongo defended Joseph Kabila’s decision to lead the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, an armed movement. During a debate on 15 October, Diongo invoked Article 64 of the Constitution and attributed the resort to arms to Félix Tshisekedi’s refusal to engage in dialogue, according to Actualité.cd.
Congolese opposition figure Franck Diongo defended former president Joseph Kabila’s decision to lead the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN), an armed movement, on Thursday 15 October 2026. He presented the choice as a consequence of President Félix Tshisekedi’s refusal to engage in dialogue and as a “legal” action based on Article 64 of the Constitution, Actualité.cd reports.
Franck Diongo, a member of the opposition platform Sauvons la RDC, was speaking during a live debate on the X platform with Lambert Mende, a senior figure in the Sacred Union, the coalition supporting the authorities. The debate was hosted by journalist Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala, according to Actualité.cd.
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