Congo ruler Felix Tshisekedi has reinvigorated plans to change the constitution of DRC, claiming the current law is outdated, inefficient, full of gaps, has structural weaknesses and needs modernization.
In all honesty, even a grade six student would quickly guess why the man in Kinshasa seeks to alter the prime law. It is nothing but to extend his rule of incompetency, corruption, violence and chaos.
Any Congolese fully conscious will remember that the 2006 constitution was written to stop lifetime rulers, to limit the president to two terms, and to stabilize a country scarred by dictatorship, massacres, and rebellion. Suddenly, those limits are a problem and the law is broken, not Tshisekedi himself.
Let’s be clear: Tshisekedi is using the constitution as a tool to extend his stay in power. He has less than five years left before the clock runs out, and he cannot accept it. Every speech about institutional inefficiency, every promise of “national renewal,” is a cover.
Across Africa, we’ve seen this playbook before: first, declare the law obsolete. Then, promise reform and modernization. Finally, quietly erase the two-term limit. Congo could be watching that script unfold in real time.
Tshisekedi’s method like we have come to know it, is simple yet brutal. It is about buying silence, neutralize dissent, co-opt opposition, which as things stand now might be a bit diffuclt, because there is no amount that is huge enough to buy AFC/M23 into submission for Kinshasa regime. Tshisekedi can try others like Denis Mukwege, Martin Fayulu and other puppets of his.
Politics in Kinshasa have evolved into a circus of fanatism and corruption, no debate, no challenge and cash have become the shield. Influence is absorbed. Resistance fades. People are bought, voices are silenced, and the illusion of consensus spreads over Kinshasa like a fog. What it means? The president believes he is indispensable. He confuses bought obedience with legitimacy, and the country pays the price.
Changing the constitution will not fix corruption, insecurity, or weak governance. These problems are not in the law; they are in the behavior of a regime that masks incompetence with manipulation. Rewriting rules won’t save Congo, it will only safeguard one man’s ambitions. What it means: the system is broken, not the law.
Congo does not need a new constitution, it needs leaders who fear no criticism, respect limits, and understand that institutions are stronger than individuals. Tshisekedi’s project is not reform. It is power disguised as progress. And the truth is simple: a law cannot save a country when leadership itself is the disease.
The constitution will not bring peace and new laws will not stop bombs, feed the hungry, or protect communities. Peace comes from leadership that respects limits, answers for failures, and enforces justice, not from ink on paper.
The real solution is a change of regime. Tshisekedi’s rule breeds manipulation, corruption, and fear. New articles or amendments won’t save Congo; only leaders who act with integrity and face accountability can.
Today, that leadership exists in AFC/M23. They have the courage and discipline to challenge the system, restore accountability, and give the Congolese people a chance to live without fear. Only they can deliver real peace and justice.