There is tension within the Sacred Union since the announcement of a motion of no confidence against the Minister of the Interior and Security in the National Assembly. Its initiator, National Deputy Laddy Yangotikala, has just received a temporary suspension from the political group to which he belongs, namely Dynamique Agissons et bâtissons (Let’s Act and Build Dynamics), which has also distanced itself from his parliamentary initiative.
The political party led by Senate President Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde accuses the chief initiator of the motion of no confidence of having “violated the rule of solidarity” of the Sacred Union of the Nation, the political platform of the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi.
Nevertheless, the elected representative from the city of Kisangani accepted the decision gracefully, but remains steadfast in his efforts to oversee the government, a crucial mission granted to national deputies by the current Constitution.
“I acknowledge my exclusion from the group. I thank President Sama [President of the Senate, Ed.] for allowing me the freedom to exercise oversight of a member of the government. I have not violated the Constitution or the Rules of Procedure. I simply asked the Deputy Prime Minister to protect the voters of Constituency No. 5,” he wrote this Wednesday on X.
Shortly before, on Facebook, Mr. Yangotikala justified his decision to remove the Deputy Prime Minister of the Interior and Security by citing “the gravity of the security situation in the country,” referring to the cities of Beni, Kisangani, Lubumbashi, Boma, and Moanda as epicenters of rampant crime and insecurity in the DRC.
“Our people are living in fear and expect strong, courageous, and responsible action,” he maintains.
At a time when the momentum of his parliamentary work is waning, particularly with the withdrawal of signatures and the disengagement of his colleagues under pressure from their political parties, MP Yangotikala Laddy refuses to back down.
“Make no mistake. My motion of no confidence has not been withdrawn. We will see this through to the end,” he reassured.
Bearing nearly 60 signatures from his colleagues across the country, this motion of no confidence—the second under the Suminwa 2 government after the one in 2024 targeting the Minister of Infrastructure and Public Works, Alexis Gisaro, which was ultimately not scheduled for a plenary vote—accuses Jacquemain Shabani of obstructing parliamentary oversight, undermining the separation of powers, and abusing his authority for partisan purposes. The author accused this member of the government of also being responsible for “persistent insecurity”.
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