2024-01-28 17:48:24
Under the moderation of journalist Cornelis Nlandu, Friday January 26, 2024 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., after a four-month stay in Kinshasa in DR Congo, the Brussels writer of Congolese origin Fita Fita Dibwe known as Cheik FITA held a press conference having for theme: “Fatshi 2, the ten things that must change”.
Why this press conference?
From September 16, 2023 to January 24, 2024, Cheik FITA stayed in Congo, in Kinshasa more precisely.
His stay had three purposes:
It was from this four-month stay that he learned a certain number of lessons which pushed him to organize this press conference, and having five joints.
The DR Congo, with its potential, should be able to offer each of its daughters and each of its sons a dignified life, that is to say:
- Eat one’s fill,
- Schooling children,
- Have access to medical expenses,
- Have access to running water and electricity,
- Have a job
It is the duty of the State, better still, of the Head of State and his team.
Félix Tshisekedi, the outgoing President, was a candidate for his own succession. He was elected by a very large majority.
Should the second term be a continuation of the first or should significant innovations be imprinted?
President Tshisekedi focused his campaign on his achievements.
Has it fulfilled most of the population’s demands?
The opposition, for its part, insisted on the level of achievement of the President’s promises.
Was the 2023 presidential election credible?
The first results published were those of the diaspora and gave at least 70% to the outgoing President.
In Kinshasa, as soon as the polling stations closed, the counting and display of the results also gave the outgoing President the clear winner, leaving only a quarter of the electorate to all the opponents.
Subsequently, the results of the provinces which were widely disseminated on social networks were constant: three out of four Congolese had voted for Tshisekedi.
The CNDH, National Commission for Human Rights, declared this:
“The CNDH-DRC, with the team of President Paul NSAPU MUKULU, was very involved in this process by identifying and documenting all cases of human rights violations. But also, the CNDH cooperated with the Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Cassation in order to thoroughly examine cases of a reprehensible nature so that justice is done. “
One mandate is not identical to another, how should Félix Tshisekedi’s second mandate look like?
Here is what Cheik Fita retained as elements that must change in Félix Tshisekedi’s second term.
La structure
The size of the Head of State’s cabinet must be reduced.
There should be pruning of a certain number of agencies and services which were created during the first term, and which are attached to the presidency, thus duplicating directorates which exist in ministries.
The animators
Some members of the Head of State’s cabinet were “drunk” with the “power” they had, while only the President was elected and reports to the people. Not them.
The bloated number of 60 ministers must increase to 30 maximum.
Before the 1990s, when a letter arrived in the administration on Monday morning, by Friday afternoon at the latest, a response reached the sender, wherever he was in the country. Today, out of a hundred letters left in ministerial offices, if you get a response, you are lucky. And often after how long?
Political jobs have become very lucrative. Just look at the rush towards the deputation.
The same goes for the different firms.
During the time of President Kasa Vubu, the salary tension was 1 to 9. In other words, if the lowest paid civil servant earned 1000 Congolese Francs, the best paid earned 9,000 Congolese Francs. What about today ?
For decades, great defects have undermined the Congolese: corruption, selfishness, prostitution… The Congolese mentality needs to be reformatted. The culture that should serve as a catalyst is a sector that has been left behind. And the damage to the collective psyche of the Congolese is enormous.
The traffic jams, the Kinshasa traffic jams and the hyper-anarchic invasion of motorcycle taxis are a nightmare for the people of Kinshasa. Not to mention that it is a big source of pollution and that millions of dollars evaporate economically.
Throughout Tshisekedi’s first term, this ruined the Congolese’s life.
And Kinshasa should quickly become Kin la Belle again.
During the Kasa-Vubu era and the first years of Mobutu, when a civil servant went to work, he would say: “I’m going to work.”
Today, when a civil servant or police officer goes to work, there is only one idea in their head: “What money he will bring home, what money he will earn” , in an unorthodox way, not to say through corruption, embezzlement, fraud, influence peddling… This mentality of “helping oneself and not serving” has become embedded in the mentality of the small civil servant up to the ministers.
The state has become a cash cow at all levels.
There were elections, what was the main motivation of the candidates, to serve or to serve themselves?
Hundreds of political parties, as many groupings or platforms, political parties have taken national life hostage. And in a country with high unemployment, parties place their members in different positions. Unfortunately, it is more the activism and proximity of leaders that counts. No party has technocratic cadres. Consequences, less and less effectiveness of different institutions. Does the country gain? No. This must change.
After decades, the Congolese can finally have a secure identity card. There is information circulating that it would be distributed free of charge.
With the advent of elected mayors, it would be better for it to be sold, with each municipality being able to add a small percentage to it for its operation. As the identity card is an important element of national security, obtaining it should follow a very strict issuing process.
The election of municipal councilors and then mayors very soon should in principle improve the governance of the city and better benefit the citizen.
However, in the recent history of DR Congo, few people remember managing a commune.
As an innovation, President Tshisekedi should be very attentive to the organization of these important state structures.
Municipal elections
Having been a candidate in the municipal elections in Barumbu, Cheik FITA began the establishment of a network provisionally named “Youth and Women Network for Development”.
This follows two observations:
- Young people and women made up the majority of President Tshisekedi. How will they be able to benefit from this second mandate?
- During his electoral campaign, Cheik FITA also relied on these categories of the Congolese population.
No progress can be conceived without extensive networking, Cheik FITA decided to rely on the various cells of young people and women who have adhered to his vision of managing a commune. Hence the creation of this network.
After the presentation, a very enriching exchange took place with journalists and participants in the press conference, including Paul Kabaidi wa Kabaidi, former governor of the City Province of Kinshasa.
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