16/01/2024
Legislative: as in the time of the CACH side by side with the UDPS and Tshisekedi, the UNC and Kamerhe caught up by fate!
Félix Tshisekedi and Vital Kamerhe sign the CACH agreement in Addis Ababa, in the light of the 2018 presidential election.
[Illustration photo] By Edmond Izuba
The National Assembly's draft of the next legislature was released after the publication, on Sunday in the early hours, of the provisional results of the legislative elections of December 20 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI).
The Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS/ Tshisekedi), a presidential party, is, according to these results, at the top of the political forces in the Lower House with 69 elected officials, followed by the Union for the Congolese Nation (UNC) and its allies, under the leadership of Vital Kamerhe, who won 36 seats. The two political formations, on the part of the votes collected during the legislative elections by all their candidates, also form the leading duo with 1,664,049 votes gleaned by the UDPS/ Tshisekedi against 903,928 votes in favor of the UNC and its allies.
Here, as in the time of Cape Town for Change -CACH-, this coalition set up by Tshisekedi and Kamerhe in the light of the 2018 presidential election, the UDPS and the UNC meet. This time crowned the status of the first two political forces in the National Assembly. How we meet again!
Like the Siamese, the two formations seem to have a common destiny... at least for the next five more years during which they will lead the peloton of the Sacred Union of the Nation (USN), this political family born from the ashes of the CACH to free the Head of State from a thorn in his leg.
Kamerhe and his UNC, which now weigh 7.2% of seats in the hemicycle, are caught up by fate... probably. They expect, no doubt, to be in the foreground and to play a more important role in setting up institutions for the 2024-2029 legislature. Particularly, with regard to the formation of the future government, to succeed the one called "Team of the Warriors" and led by Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, about to resign after his election in Kasenga.
An almost essential figure in Félix Tshisekedi's first term, the latter's former Dircab is applying to hold the reins in the coming five-year term, with three other seats obtained through the electoral list of the Alternative Vital Kamerhe 2018 group (A/VK 2018). Otherwise, Kamerhe alone weighs 39 elected officials, four more than Modeste Bahati and his allies of the Alliance of Democratic Forces of Congo (AFDC/A). Prime Minister Sama Lukonde, at the head of the "Act and Build (AB)" group, arrives a little far behind with 26 seats in his gibecière.
The success story of SG Kambale
Observers of the Congolese political scene, who already evoke a happy irony of the fate in favor of Vital Kamerhe, highlight the ability of the UNC, in this hyper-competitive political context, to hold its own and continue to hold its rank alongside the UDPS in the very large family of the USN.
Some are of the opinion that these results will take out of the drawers some clauses of the CACH agreement, concluded in Nairobi in 2018. In particular, that relating to the Primature. That year, the then candidate President of the Republic Félix Tshisekedi had allied himself with Vital Kamerhe. The latter had withdrawn from the race to carry his "partner" to the coronation. VK promised to be the Prime Minister. What had not happened because the CACH had a majority in Parliament. Five years later, the train went back. Here we are in a configuration that puts the UNC in pole position to claim to take over from Sama Lukonde.
The others, on the other hand, prefer to bow to the almost perfect cast directed by Billy Kambale, president ai of the UNC. Catapulted secretary general of the Kamherist party in June 2021, Kambale, they explain, has just proven by a+b that he has the shoulders to lead the UNC, making criticisms - including the most acerbic - against him more silent.
Affectionately nicknamed "SG 5 stars", Kambale offered the UNC its most abundant harvest in the legislative elections. From 17 seats in 2011 and 14 in 2018 to 36 elected in 2023, the party made a very important leap and won seats in provinces where it has always been poor in the past.
In Kinshasa as in Kongo Central, the UNC and its allies offered themselves three seats, in addition to the one obtained in the Bandundu space thanks to Patrice Kitebi, elected in Kenge, in Kwango. In the Ecuador area, Kambale's cast allowed the group to take three seats by the action among others of Molendo Sakombi, who went into exile in Mongala.
The largest contingent of pro Kamerhe elected officials comes from the Grande Orientale, which thus tickles the Great Kivu, naturally known as a bastion of the UNC. Ten elected officials, in each of these two regions, have won the right to invest the spans of the People's Palace over the next five years.
The UNC and its allies have also managed to make a good impression in the Kasai space, usually arch-dominated by the UDPS, by leaving from there with 5 seats in its escarcelle. However, the harvest was meagre in Katanga with only one seat won through Cedrick Tshizainga Kapumba, elected in Lubumbashi, capital of Haut-Katanga.
With such a result to his credit, the same observers believe, it is little to say that Billy Kambale has signed a real success story.
Below is the complete list of the 36 elected officials of the A/A-UNC:
I. Kinshasa
Faustin Kaziteriko Kenda, elected representative of the Funa
Jean-Baudouin Mayo Mambeke, elected from Mont-Amba
Gaborian Mboma Kumeza, elected representative of the Tshangu
II. Kongo-Central
Guy Bandu Ngungidi, elected representative of Matadi city
Edouard Samba Nsitu, elected by Seke Banza
Jonas Tsundu Tsundu, elected representative of Lukula
III. Kwango
Patrice Kitebi Kibol'mvul, elected representative of Kenge
IV. Mongala
Aimé Sakombi Molendo, elected by Lisala
V. Sud-Ubangi
Ernest Ndengo Bapalembi, elected representative of Kungu
VI. Tshuapa
Albert Lotana Lokasola, elected representative of Djolu
VII. Tshopo
Devaux Bolila Lola-Ga-Tshina, elected representative of Kisangani city
Etienne Masanga Kisigay, elected representative of Ubundu
VIII. Haut-Uélé
Joseph Bangakya Angaze, elected representative of Rungu
Jean-Pierre Kezamudru Musisiri, elected representative of Niangara
Etienne Andrito Alendo, elected representative of Faradje
Roger Abotome Bekabisya, elected representative of Watsa
IX. Ituri
Jefferson Abdallah Pene Mbaka, elected representative of Mambasa
Floribert Najabu Ngabu, elected representative of Djugu
Daniel Furaha Uma, elected representative of Mahagi
X. Bas-Uélé
Jean Bakomito Gambu, elected representative of Isiro city
XI. North Kivu
Hubert Furuguta Mukasa, elected representative of Goma city
Michel Moto Muhima, elected representative of Walikale
David Muhirwa Mutumayi, elected representative of Nyiragongo
Catherine Kathungu Furaha, elected from Butembo city
XII. South Kivu
Aimé Boji Sangara, elected representative of Walungu
Claude Misare Mugomberwa, elected representative of Uvira
Théophile Basoshi Iubwe, elected representative of Fizi
Emile Sumaili Miseka, elected representative of Shabunda
Frédéric Bisimwa Batandi, elected representative of Kabare
Vital Kamerhe Lwa Kanyiginyi, elected representative of Bukavu city
XIII. Sankuru
Gustave Ohaki Andiyo, elected representative of Katako-Kombe
XIV. Haut-Katanga
Cedrick Tshizainga Kapumba, elected representative of Lubumbashi city
XV. Kasaï Central
Marcel Tshipele Ntumba, elected representative of Kananga city
Martin Ntenda Ntenda, elected representative of Kazumba
XVI. Kasaï
Lajeunesse Mandjuandjua Mayembe, elected representative of Ilebo
Adrien Bokele Ajema, elected representative of Dekese.
Par Edmond Izuba L’esquisse de l’Assemblée nationale de la prochaine législature s’est dégagée après la publication, dimanche aux premières heures, des résultats provisoires des législatives du 20 décembre dernier par la Commission électorale nationale indépendante (CENI).
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