Closing of the ordinary session of March: An unsatisfactory assessment for the National Assembly and the Congolese Senate
The National Assembly and the Congolese Senate closed this Thursday, June 15 the ordinary session of March. Although 90 subjects were selected for examination in the timetable of work adopted by the deputies during the session of Tuesday, March 21, only 20 texts of law were examined, that is to say 22% of the subjects scheduled.
The low proportion of exams highlights unsatisfactory results for this session. The timetable for the March session adopted by the National Assembly had provided for nine non-legislative matters, three texts of law sent to the Senate for examination, 57 outstanding legislative texts and 20 new matters. However, only about 20 subjects have been examined over the past three months.
Among these 20 subjects, eight bills of ratification in execution of the law of enabling of the Government were examined and adopted. However, the so-called “father and mother” Tshiani and Pululu law, which recently sparked controversy in the country, has not been examined.
In terms of parliamentary control, the revision of the Chinese contract, announced with pomp by the President of the National Assembly, Christophe Mboso, at the opening of this session, has not been carried out satisfactorily. Only the questioning of a public official, the managing director of the National Electricity Company (SNEL), was debated until the forfeiture of Fabrice Lusinde, who had only completed three months of management at the head of SNEL.
In short, this ordinary session in March was not very productive for the two Congolese parliamentary chambers, despite a busy work schedule. Hopefully in the next session more matters will be discussed to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of parliamentary work