KINSHASA, DR Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo’s Prime Minister on Monday announced a new cabinet in a move that consolidates President Felix Tshisekedi control in government.
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| President Felix Tshisekedi |
The new government of the Sacred Union
coalition has 57 members including 14 women, with only 10 from the previous
cabinet being reappointed.
The Sacred Union is President Tshisekedi’s
new coalition announced on 6 December after breaking his collaboration with
former President Joseph Kabila.
Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, who
was appointed in February, has named economist Nicolas Kazadi as finance
minister, former civil society activist Antoinette N’Samba Kalambayi as mining
minister and retired General Daniel Aselo Okito as interior minister, Reuters
news agency reports.Prime Minister Jean-Michel
Sama Lukonde
The AFP news agency says figures from the
anti-Kabila opposition have been named to key posts, including environment
minister and deputy prime minister Eve Bazaiba of the opposition party Movement
for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC). Christophe Lutundula, the new foreign
minister, is close to former Katanga Governor Moise Katumbi who attempted to challenge
Kabila in the last presidential election, AFP notes.
The former President Kabila still retained
considerable power even after stepping down following the 2018 elections – as
his coalition had won the majority of parliamentary seats in what was widely
seen as a flawed election.
In December, President Tshisekedi moved to end the coalition with Mr Kabila and forced the resignation of the prime minister by persuading scores of MPs to defect.
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