Kabila’s FRN accuses Tshisekedi of bypassing Parliament
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kivu Morning Post
Dr Freddy Kaniki, secretary of the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN), Joseph Kabila’s movement, accuses President Félix Tshisekedi of promulgating the referendum law without consulting Parliament and of multiplying peace initiatives without respecting his international commitments. The criticism, published on X on 13 November, also concerns security management in the east of the country.
Dr Freddy Kaniki, secretary of the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN), a political-military movement led by former Congolese president Joseph Kabila, accuses President Félix Tshisekedi of failing to respect his constitutional obligations in managing the war in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In a statement published on his X account on Friday 13 November, he accuses the head of state in particular of failing to refer the matter to Parliament to debate the political and institutional consequences of the conflict, while Tshisekedi promulgated the referendum law, according to Freddy Kaniki.
On the diplomatic front, the FRN secretary also accuses Félix Tshisekedi of multiplying peace initiatives without respecting, in his view, commitments made with Angola, Ethiopia, the United States, Qatar and Russia. He also cites mining agreements concluded with Washington and the use of mercenaries as contradictions with Kinshasa’s international commitments.
Freddy Kaniki further claims that violence is continuing in several localities in the east, notably Kabanju, Rugezi, Point Zéro and Kipupu. He blames the military involvement of Burundi, led by President Évariste Ndayishimiye, and accuses Félix Tshisekedi of undermining the Congolese Constitution. The FRN official finally says that his movement will continue its opposition to the Kinshasa government.
The position comes after the FRN’s military advance, which had taken Bunyakiri and Bulambika in South Kivu on 9 November. On 2 November, the head of MONUSCO had also met the FRN in Goma as part of talks with the political-military movement.
