the president of the democratic republic of congo, joseph kabila, has been in powerfor 16 years, and should have stood down at elections that were due last november. still no elections are in sight, and opposition leaders are growing increasingly frustrated. my guest today is opposition politician moise katumbi. he is effectively in exile in europe. so what can he achieve that this distance, and has the opposition been outmanoeuvred by president kabila? moise katumbi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. 31 december last year, a deal was hammered out under the auspices of the cenco court, a group of powerful catholic bishops in the drc. does that present a way forward? there should be a transitional administration, pending elections to be held in 2018. joseph kabila won t stand. yes, we know that deal, which cenco made with the congolese government and the opposition, supposed to serve the country. so far, the agreement is dead. president kabila doesn t want, really, to meet the i