Pressure continues to pile on DRC ruler Felix Tshisekedi as a result of his illegal, fraud-motivated proposal to amend the constitution.
The latest to strongly denounce the plot, and to warn Tshisekedi against the changes is the clergy, under their umbrella group, the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (Cenco).
In a strongly worded announcement, Cenco has said the alteration of the prime law is a “dangerous move” that might plunge the nation into anarchy, violence and repression.
According to Bishop Abbot Donatien Nshole, Cenco Spokesperson, “any attempt to alter the prime law of the country will lead to social uprise which will cause violence and occasion death to innocent people, like it has been in the past.”
The spiritual leaders even believe problems in Congo are not based on legal instruments, but rather deep-rooted problems with governance.
The call of the senior clergy comes shortly after members of Congolese political class like Moise Katumbi, Joseph Kabila and others warned against Tshisekedi’s planned tampering with the constitution. Moise Katumbi and other opposition leaders slammed the idea, saying the changes won’t resolve the entrenched political problems DRC has faced for the past thirty years.
Very many other Congolese have denounced the move to change the constitution, many reminding Tshisekedi that he himself once was fiercely opposed to former president Joseph Kabila, from doing the same. Some went as far as saying that the moment the law is touched there will be uprising in Kinshasa, and other major cities.
Tshisekedi is playing with fire!
The Congolese population will show him that the country’s prime law is untouchable. No one should buy Tshisekedi baldfaced lies that his intent in changing the constitution has “nothing to do with amending provisions relating to term limits” (to enable him cling onto power forever).
Any self-respecting Congolese should fight this evil, tooth and nail!