DRC NATIONAL DIALOGUE: When the agenda of this forum, it held that the question of the overall electoral calendar which is currently must molt to become consensual, because such is the request by many.The delegations of political parties and civil society continue to march to the President of the Republic, Joseph Kabila, for consultations on the national dialogue.After the wave from Monday to Wednesday, the Head of State continued discussions until Friday, June 5 at the Palais de la Nation with a break at the weekend.Overall, all delegations expressed their agreement on holding this dialogue.What can be done to bridge this difficulty?To this question, the Speaker of the Upper House of Parliament said he reserved the premiere of the solution to the Head of State, he added, is best placed to do.All delegations received Palais de la Nation agree to dialogue, elections and the electoral calendar as a main item on the agenda, a Congolese moderation and inclusiveness of this dialogue must involve all sociopolitical trends .Monday, June 8, 2015, the Palace of the Nation took over the animation with a new wave of delegations.In this new round, the President of the Republic received, in turn, the delegations of Republican Opposition, Civil Society and the Coalition of Women conducted respectively by Leon Kengo Wa Dondo, Cathy Kalanga and Minembwe Elysée.Like those of last week, these delegations expressed support for the idea of ​​a prior dialogue with peaceful elections.Leon Kengo Wa Dondo said that to grant the necessity of this appeasement, it will meet certain requirements.He referred to the budget issue, recalling that the resources allocated in Budget 2015 for the local elections, provincial, senatorial and governors are insufficient.Steve Mbikayi, President of the Labour Party and New political and social class began by saying that he went to the State in its capacity as Head opponent and nothing else We did not come here to give allegiance to the Head of State, he began last Friday, calling, following, irresponsible politicians who prefer to answer the summons of foreign embassies and refuse to answer the call of a Congolese, which is the Head of State, speaking Congolese affairs.Responding to those who oppose this dialogue he launched: I do not see how a politician can be against dialogue.Even if you take a Kalashnikov, in the end you'll end up a dialogue.He subsequently expressed the readiness of his party and its political platform to go to dialogue provided it is different from the national consultations.Steve Mbikayi has, in practice, proposed the establishment of a preparatory commission composed of members of the opposition and the presidential majority to debate all the hard questions.This dialogue, he stressed, must be inclusive, that is to say everyone involved.Last to be received last Friday, President of Future Forces cartel, Arthur Zahidi Ngoma, also adheres to the idea of ​​dialogue.We are here to tell you that we must make this dialogue before the elections, he said at the end of his meeting with the Head of State, adding that we must do something so that there is not something that is a reason for conflict.The boss of the Labor Party said he was, moreover, opposed to foreign interference in Congolese affairs, including election financing which, according to him, a symbol of national sovereignty.To avoid this interference, which often ends up, he said, by foreign orders on national life, he proposed the creation of a solidarity fund to make up the budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) and avoid assistance from abroad.On this point still, ADR rejected the position of this segment of the opposition and civil society that evokes international mediation, supporting this position for the agreements of Addis Ababa and the resolutions of the Security Council.These documents, he explained to the facilitation evokes a dialogue, not a moderating dialogue.In terms of who should control the dialogue, Gérard Tumba recalled that the Security Council has hired Martin Kobler, head of MONUSCO, to make his good offices at the service of all parties that the way for elections to be marked .ADR insists, however, that it is not up to him to organize.This is a sovereign activity, noting that it is for the Congolese to organize their dialogue and to give warning the international community.

UDPS roadmap for ending the crisis, the document is signed by the National President of the party, Tshisekedi wa Mulumba Etienne.It contains three main parts, namely: general context, causes of the persistence of the crisis in the DRC, and quick and satisfactory resolution of the crisis by organizing political dialogue.In point 1, the UDPS political journey reminds the country, with some historical elements that have marked the history to get to the current crisis.From the beginning of armed conflict in 1996 to the present, through the Inter-Congolese Dialogue, which led to the establishment of the regime of 1 + 4, the elections of 2006 and 2011 ... nothing remained in oblivion.The second point, the UDPS is a bitter fact: the 2006 election conflict was resolved by force of arms, as the demonstrations of November 26, 2011 marking the end of the presidential campaign were repressed in violence that caused loss of life.The events of January 19 to 23 2015 have sealed this black page of political violence that caused the death of men, concludes the document.Here is the actual plan of the UDPS crisis: A. Political Configuration The 2011 elections were the merit of politically reconfigure the Congolese political class and crop the clear dividing line between those who support the system in place and their allies on one side, and those who seek the truth of the ballot boxes, on the other.Two trends are clearly emerging between the supporters of the status quo and those who advocate for change.Thus, the 2011 electoral dispute happens to be the main cause of the current political crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.It goes without saying that a dialogue can bring to the table: - Mr Etienne Tshisekedi and his allies in the camp of the change;- Mr Kabila and his camp for the status quo;- Moderation will be provided by the Special Envoy of the UN SG in DRC and head of MONUSCO, in accordance with Resolution 2147 of the UN Security Council, which states: "Authorizes MONUSCO to support, in coordination with the team of UN countries and other actors, including through the good offices of the Special Representative of the Secretary General, the efforts of the authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo to implement reforms under the Agreement -Frame and stabilize the East and to this end, to: promote peace and a transparent and inclusive political dialogue among all Congolese stakeholders to foster reconciliation and democracy and encourage organization of credible and transparent elections in accordance with the electoral cycle and the Constitution (...). "B. Place of holding the dialogue Kinshasa, the DRC capital C. Size and composition: 40 participants divided equally between the two political tendencies involved and their respective allies, 20 members per delegation.D. Agenda: First part: Regulation of electoral disputes in November 2011 and its corollary which is the crisis of legitimacy.For this it will be necessary to: - Identify those responsible for electoral fraud in elections in 2011;- That officials responsible for fraud are removed from the management of the country at all levels and conduct of the electoral process.Part two: defining a consensual electoral process 1. Election timetable: - define a new electoral cycle in a consensual way, knowing that we had two electoral cycles incomplete and flawed;- Organize first presidential which can be coupled with legislation in the constitutional deadline, in accordance with Article 73 of the Constitution, no later than September 19, 2016. - The other elections will be organized after the presidential and legislative elections.2. Restructuring of the CENI Referring to past experience, notably the elections of 2006 and 2011, where the members of the CENI were instrumentalized, UDPS requires the establishment of an Electoral Commission whose members would be chosen so Joint, namely 12 members at 6 per political camp.In addition, the CENI should have a collective presidency (2 presidents representing each side).3. Electoral disputes: Acknowledging the enactment of the Organic Law on the organization and functioning of the Constitutional Court, the party of Etienne Tshisekedi, however designation criticizes the political colors or on the basis of membership or political affiliation of its members.Because, he informed, this will have inevitable consequences on their independence and autonomy.4. Election File: The UDPS demands its reliability.It requires a file from the external audit to ensure transparency.

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