The announcement of the resignation of Jean-Marc Kabund from his post of First Vice-President of the National Assembly, followed by his removal from the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), continues to create a stir within the government coalition.
© Kash
Kash
Outvoted within the party over which he had ruled unchallenged until then, Kabund had made many enemies, who did not hesitate to push him out at the first opportunity. His friends are rare. And the few supports he has received come… from his former enemies.
To read DRC: the broken rise of Jean-Marc Kabund, the essential become pariah
Several executives of the Common Front for the Congo of Joseph Kabila indeed seemed to come to the aid of the one who was long considered a key figure in the current power, before Félix Tshisekedi does not decide to part with it. Grain to grind for the pro-Kabila, who accuse the head of state of seeking by all means to dismiss those who helped him gain the presidency.
The lines are moving
Within the parliamentary majority, the departure of the one his supporters call the “lifeguard” has moved the lines. The allies of the UDPS jostle at the gate to try to fill the space left free by this sudden departure. And while a new redistribution of the cards is beginning within the majority, some deputies from Ensemble pour la République de Moïse Katumbi have just created a so-called “progressive” current, and are seeking to distance themselves from the former governor of Katanga. , whom they accuse of being too critical of the government…