The two rival political camps in DR Congo Friday forged a pact on forming a government, six months after President Felix Tshisekedi took power from veteran ruler Joseph Kabila.
Through Twitter,Tshisekedi’s CACH alliance in the legislature announced that they have been holding tortuous talks with the FCC to break the stalemate.
“An agreement has just been reached on Friday between the FCC and CACH,” Nehemie Mwilanya, the coordinator of the pro-Kabila alliance’’.
According to Mwilanya, Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunkamba, who was proposed by Kabila and backed by Tshisekedi, could be formally nominated as early as next week.
Mwilanya further added that both sides had made “reciprocal concessions” but neither provided details on who would get key ministries such as interior, defence, economy, finance and mining.
“Now we are going to join forces. That is to say we will be of the same political family,” Tshisekedi said a month ago.
“This will be a government of 65 members: 42 coming from the FCC and 23 from CACH,” said Jean-Baudouin Mayo, a negotiator for CACH
Tshisekedi was elected in December to replace Kabila who presided over sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest country for nearly two decades.
He took power at the end of January but has struggled to form a government as Kabila’s Common Front for Congo (FCC) coalition won comfortable majorities in both houses of parliament as well as provincial assemblies.
Kabila’s supporters also dominated elections for governorships across the country.
