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"The executive returned to the charge, takes the initiative and gives the material they expected to élus.On believed the special session of July 2015 lost due to the absence of litigation settlement arose between the National Assembly , the Government and the Independent National Electoral Commission which seemed to throw the ball about the draft law on the distribution of seats per constituency for municipal and local elections by passing the fodder for Kinshasa tabloids, that the Government returns to . charge, takes the initiative and gives the material they expected to elected Meeting in Extraordinary Council of Ministers Wednesday, July 22 in the city of the African Union, the Government adopted a draft decree - to be signed by Prime Minister, Head of Government certainly in emergency mode. - stays the execution of a package of decrees that were created These decrees problem of cities and towns gave dizzy élus.Voilà to facilitating the review by the Parliament at an extraordinary session of the draft law on distribution of seats in municipal and local mid-June rejected by MEPs during the last regular session in March 2015.SURSEANCE DECREES.
Several reasons were cited by politicians including the incorporation of groups in communes and towns created by the decrees n ° 13/020 to 13/030 of 13 June 2013, the existence of constituencies to zero voter, non limits specified and challenged certain newly established cities and municipalities.
Anxious to respect the electoral calendar published by the CENI, the President of the Republic instructed the presidents of both chambers to convene a special session to further review of the bill on the distribution of seats per constituency for municipal and local elections, Two other bills, namely the draft organic law establishing the organization and functioning of public services of the central government, provinces and decentralized territorial entities, and the draft law on the status of traditional leaders.
Regarding the draft law quarreled, the Government's view that the dispute related to the new cities and towns can be effectively resolved only by future provincial assemblies from the coming elections - announced for October 2015 - decided to postpone execution conflictogènes these texts. The decision came after the work of a commission that brought together experts from the Government and the Independent National Electoral Commission. This commission worked from 12 to 18 July 2015 and identified possible solutions to overcome any inconvenience that may result from the temporary deferment of the implementation of certain provisions of these decrees. The result is that temporary deferment in the implementation of the decrees of 13 June 2013 quarreled with some of their provisions does not impact on the electoral roll in progress. It allows the organization of local elections on the basis of the 2006 configuration constraints raised by the INEC in case of temporary deferment of these decrees, and transmitted to the Government, through the channel of the Minister of the Interior and Security, were all encountered. This was mainly locate all voters (almost 2,552,733) located in urban areas to remove and reattach all groupings partially or fully incorporated into their old sectors or chiefdoms. All 310 agglomerations concerned have been relocated and attached to their old entités.L'article 1 of the draft decree adopted in the Council of Ministers stipulates in Article 1:
"It is a stay of execution of the provisions of Decrees No. 13/020, 13/021, 13/022, 13/023, 13/024, 13/025, 13/026, 13/027, 13/028, 13/029 and 13/030 of June 13, 2013 which the status of City and Town in certain urban agglomerations respectively the Provinces of Katanga, Kasai Occidental, Orientale, Equateur, Bandundu, Bas-Congo, North Kivu, Kasai Oriental, South Kivu and Maniema. "
Article 2 states: "Do not fall under Article 1, all provisions of the said decrees granting city status to entities masterpieces places of new provinces from the dismemberment of the former provinces as well as giving status to Town entities capitals of territories. The exception in paragraph one above extends to other ancient cities and towns whose boundaries were not changed under the provisions of decree No. 13/020, 13/021, 13/022, 13 / 023, 13/024, 13/025, 13/026, 13/027, 13/028, 13/029 and 13/030 of 13 June 2013. "

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