The East African
Tuesday February 23 2021
Summary
The premier is a symbol of the break with the FCC-CACH govt, the coalition between Tshisekedi and his predecessor Kabila, which collapsed in December.
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After his appointment by President Félix Tshisekedi on February 15, Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde began the fundamental work of constituting his government. He knows, however, he is now President Tshisekedi’s new sail to steer his boat out of the rocky waters of coalition politics.
Lukonde will have to get down to finishing composition of the new government ahead of approval by the National Assembly as soon as the parliamentary term begins, March 15.
The East African
Saturday January 30 2021
Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, who resigned as DR Congo’s Prime Minister on January 29, 2021. PHOTO | RODGER BOSCH | AFP
Summary
Mr Ilunga was dismissed by the vote of parliamentarians on Wednesday, as 367 of the 500 deputies in Parliament voted for the removal of the Prime minister and his government.
On Wednesday, he angrily said he did not recognise the authority of the assembly s provisional bureau, which oversees legislative affairs, to organise a censure vote.
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Kinshasa,
DR Congo’s Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba resigned on Friday, a day after the National Assembly censured him for incompetence.
He and his team will manage current affairs until the next government is appointed.