Referendum law: Ndombasi accuses Tshisekedi of Balkanisation
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Mediacongo
Congolese opposition figure Ados Ndombasi accuses President Félix Tshisekedi of risking the balkanisation of DR Congo with the law on organising referendums promulgated on 9 November. The president of Alternative 2028 says the procedure could circumvent constitutional rules on presidential terms.
Congolese opposition figure Ados Ndombasi accuses President Félix Tshisekedi of risking the balkanisation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo following the promulgation, on 9 November, of the law on organising referendums. The national president of Alternative 2028 says the law threatens national unity and the constitutional order, in his view.
Ados Ndombasi argues that a referendum procedure should not allow the provisions of the Congolese Constitution concerning the length and number of presidential terms to be circumvented. He also criticises Félix Tshisekedi for prioritising the referendum over initiatives that could promote political appeasement and national unity, according to Mediacongo.
The promulgation of the referendum law came after its final adoption, on 25 October, by the Congolese Parliament. President Félix Tshisekedi then promulgated the text on 9 November, paving the way for a possible constitutional revision process. The referendum law now constitutes the legal framework at the centre of opposition criticism.
