By Simeon Isako
They met this Friday in Lubumbashi to formalize their exchanges for a long time in the cantimini. Some opposition leaders, including Martin Fayulu, Moïse Katumbi, Matata Ponyo and Delly Sesanga, have in their statement said their unfailing attachment to the Constitution and the laws of the country as well as their strict application.
The latter are categorically opposed to any project of constitutional revision a few months before the elections.
« Aware of our sacred rights and duties set out in article 63 of the Constitution for the defense of territorial integrity in the face of the current aggression, we will spare no effort to ensure that the DRC remains united and indivisible. “, they reassured.
These opposition leaders demand the following:
- The consensual designation of the leaders of the CENI bodies;
- The revision of the electoral law;
- The recomposition of the Constitutional Court;
- The end of the instrumentalization of political, judicial and fiscal institutions once morest presidential candidates;
- An end to arbitrary arrests of politicians, journalists, civil society activists – and the release of all political prisoners;
- The end of the killings in Grand Kivu, Ituri, Grand Katanga, Grand Bandundu and east of Kinshasa;
- The urgent conduct of an external audit of the ongoing identification and enrollment operations with a view to producing an integrated electoral register reflecting the demographic realities of each electoral district;
- The presence of national and international observers throughout the electoral process.
