In the DRC, the ordinary parliamentary session for the month of March was opened on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Parliamentarians will have a particularly busy agenda, in particular with the debates around various texts on the organization of elections. Despite this provided program, they also want to place particular emphasis on the control of government action, particularly on the follow-up of recommendations addressed to the national executive.
With our correspondent in Kinshasa, Patient Ligodi
In his speech, Modeste Bahati Lukwebo, President of the Senate, promised to follow the execution of the 2022 budget in particular. He asked the government to look into the tax measures adopted in order to achieve the objectives set in the 2022 finance law. This recommendation comes at a time when the International Monetary Fund has just called on the Congolese government to be vigilant following the possible impact of the Ukrainian crisis on the Congolese economy.
Respect for budgetary orthodoxy
Modeste Bahati Lukwebo insisted on the respect of financial orthodoxy which must be, according to him, of strict application. Concerning the teachers’ strike, he asked the government to respect the commitments made to university professors and scientific executives.
It is also the same tone on the side of the National Assembly. Its president, Christophe Mboso, announced that his office will ensure the systematic programming, every Wednesday, of control initiatives deemed admissible.
Evaluation without complacency
During this session, he promised, the deputies will proceed, both through the committees concerned and in plenary, to the evaluation without complacency of the effective implementation of all the recommendations by the members of the government. , the financial authorities and the State structures concerned. Christophe Mboso had previously been criticized by some deputies who accuse him of being complacent and sparing the current government.
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