One and a half of "interim period", a kind of transition, from next December is the time gain that won President Kabila at the head of the country. Thus, decided the main negotiators of the National Dialogue.After lengthy negotiations, the two parties agreed that the presidential occurs late April 2018.
But the election will be convened on 30 October 2017. The holding itself of all scrutins- presidential, legislative and provincial, will take place six months later. In addition, the majority has ceded the prime minister to the opposition. The division of responsibilities is up to public enterprises and the territorial, did we learned intersected sources. This is a self-control management.
The two sides also agreed to set up a monitoring committee consisting of delegates including the opposition of the majority and of civil society. "We will monitor the interim period," said a source close to a negotiator of the Presidential Majority. That committee will work with the panel of internatinaux partners. It cites UN, European Union, African Union, the ICGLR and SADC.
The facilitator who received the preliminary agreement Saturday evening, convened the plenary Monday, followed Tuesday by the signing of the final agreement by all participants. If the majority has ceded the prime minister, however, the mystery remains on concessions to the opposition. The pro-dialogue opponents demanding that the final text contained specific words like "no referendum, no third term, day and date of the presidential election held on the day and date of the transfer of power." We shall see in the agreement, they have gained acceptance in power.
Zebulun Kafubu
