Today’s article: Tensions are intensifying between the Minister of State in charge of Decentralization and institutional reforms and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Interior, security and customary affairs. Their standoff concerns the management of small territoriality, and the situation is becoming more and more complex.
In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, the Minister of State contests the competence of the Deputy Prime Minister to appoint sector heads. He describes this interference as an obstacle to good collaboration within the government. In addition, he affirms that the Ministry of the Interior does not have the power to appoint sector heads, even temporarily, according to the legal texts in force.
To counter this decision, the Minister of State for Decentralization and Institutional Reforms signed a ministerial decree appointing sector heads. In this decree, he highlights the violation of the Constitution by the Minister of the Interior and the need to regularize the situation by appointing local authorities competent for local development.
In response, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Interior reportedly instructed provincial governors to ignore this order. This situation highlights the crisis within the government between the political parties UDPS and UNC, and puts the Prime Minister facing a difficult resolution of this conflict.
This political dispute around the management of small territoriality highlights the tensions within the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The opposition between the UDPS and the UNC could compromise collaboration and the political stability of the country.