The spokesman for the government of the DRC defended the latter following the controversy over the bill on “congolity”, carried by a deputy of the majority, and who wants to prohibit access to the functions of president and other sovereign functions. Congolese with a foreign parent. “It’s not a government strategy,” says Patrick Muyaya.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the government is responding to the controversy over the proposed law around “congolity”. The text, carried by a deputy of the majority, prohibits access to the functions of President of the Republic and other sovereign functions to Congolese with a foreign parent. A proposal denounced by the opposition and civil society.
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On April 9, Cardinal Ambongo also went there with his criticisms against this law. Government response on April 10, through the voice of its spokesperson. Patrick Muyaya denounced these reactions when it is only a democratic exercise. The Minister of Communication nevertheless indicates that the government is in no way linked to this initiative which may not succeed.
“On these subjects, the point of view of the President of the Republic is well known”
“ Here it is not a government strategy, carried by the government, to say that we are going to adopt this lawhe hammers into the microphone of Pascal Mulegwa. It is a law that is carried by an individual who has used his democratic right. People today, who give even more weight to an initiative – in my opinion, which should not receive such attention as it does today – there is a political purpose behind it. Because we clearly want to victimize ourselves and […] arouse reactions which are hostile or which come to fall back on the government, which in reality has nothing to do with it. »
Patrick Muyaya continues: “ The agenda of the National Assembly is particularly busy. And if we didn’t align it, by the end of the assignment, what would you say? I also reserve the right to remind these subjects of the point of view of the President of the Republic, which is well known. And when we speak for example of the electoral process, the president recalled that he made sure that all Congolese could have the right to participate. You cannot deprive a Member of the idea of saying: “Well, maybe it’s time to get rid of it once and for all.“Who tells you that the National Assembly will adopt it? »