Shabani promises solution to Tshuapa crisis
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Beto
Congolese Interior Minister Jacquemain Shabani assured Tshuapa provincial lawmakers that his ministry is working to resolve the crisis between the provincial assembly and the executive. The elected officials expressed confidence after their meeting on 10 November in Kinshasa, according to the ministry’s communications unit.
Congolese Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the Interior, Jacquemain Shabani Lukoo Bihango, told Tshuapa provincial lawmakers on 10 November in Kinshasa that his ministry was working on a lasting solution to the institutional crisis between the provincial assembly and the governor. The provincial lawmakers expressed confidence that the crisis would be resolved, according to the Interior Ministry’s communications unit, cited by BETO.
The discussions also covered the political and security situation in Tshuapa, a province in north-western DR Congo. The meeting was part of consultations launched by Jacquemain Shabani with caucuses of national lawmakers and senators from the province to defuse tensions between the provincial institutions, according to the Interior Ministry.
Governor Armand Yambe Itoko was removed from office on 26 October after the provincial assembly adopted a motion of no confidence. Sixteen of the 18 lawmakers present voted in favour of the motion, brought by provincial lawmaker Alain Efoya, who notably criticised the governor for prolonged absences, what was deemed opaque management of public finances and a lack of visible investment.
