[ Etat-partis et gouvernance politique en République Démocratique du Congo ]
Volume 35, Issue 3, February 2022, Pages 482–491
Shabani Morisho Dauda1, Pungu Mukumbi Denis2, and Mbangu Wanga Hervé3
1 Université de Lubumbashi, Faculté des sciences sociales, politiques et administratives, RD Congo
2 Faculté des Sciences Sociales, Politiques et Administratives, Département des Sciences Politiques et Administratives, Université de Lubumbashi, RD Congo
3 Université de Lubumbashi, Faculté des sciences sociales, politiques et administratives, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2022 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This article aims to demonstrate in order to propose possible solutions, the governance of public affairs by political parties. In other words, it examines the role played by political parties and/or political groupings in the management of public affairs at a time of consensual management of the country, while emphasizing the posture of Congolese politicians who are more at listening to the watchwords of the parties and consequently relegating to the background the institutional collaboration as provided for by the constitution. Indeed, good governance is at the heart of the development policies advocated by international institutions. However, in fragile states like the DRC, its implementation comes up against strong resistance. The rule of law that the DRC wants to be is one in which the Constitution imposes on everyone, that is to say, on the State itself, on its agents and on the rulers, respect for the rules of law. Unfortunately, the management of resources in the DRC is far from approaching the principles of good governance to which the Democratic Republic of Congo claims through its constitution of February 18, 2006. It is observed that the actors involved in the management of public affairs act not, on behalf of the higher interest of the Nation but on the contrary, by conforming to the dictate of their political parties or political regrouping, which led us to qualify suddenly, the DRC of a State-parties.
Author Keywords: State-party, political governance, peaceful alternation, democracy, rule of law, party-state.
Volume 35, Issue 3, February 2022, Pages 482–491
Shabani Morisho Dauda1, Pungu Mukumbi Denis2, and Mbangu Wanga Hervé3
1 Université de Lubumbashi, Faculté des sciences sociales, politiques et administratives, RD Congo
2 Faculté des Sciences Sociales, Politiques et Administratives, Département des Sciences Politiques et Administratives, Université de Lubumbashi, RD Congo
3 Université de Lubumbashi, Faculté des sciences sociales, politiques et administratives, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2022 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
This article aims to demonstrate in order to propose possible solutions, the governance of public affairs by political parties. In other words, it examines the role played by political parties and/or political groupings in the management of public affairs at a time of consensual management of the country, while emphasizing the posture of Congolese politicians who are more at listening to the watchwords of the parties and consequently relegating to the background the institutional collaboration as provided for by the constitution. Indeed, good governance is at the heart of the development policies advocated by international institutions. However, in fragile states like the DRC, its implementation comes up against strong resistance. The rule of law that the DRC wants to be is one in which the Constitution imposes on everyone, that is to say, on the State itself, on its agents and on the rulers, respect for the rules of law. Unfortunately, the management of resources in the DRC is far from approaching the principles of good governance to which the Democratic Republic of Congo claims through its constitution of February 18, 2006. It is observed that the actors involved in the management of public affairs act not, on behalf of the higher interest of the Nation but on the contrary, by conforming to the dictate of their political parties or political regrouping, which led us to qualify suddenly, the DRC of a State-parties.
Author Keywords: State-party, political governance, peaceful alternation, democracy, rule of law, party-state.
Abstract: (french)
Cet article a pour objectif de démontrer en vue de proposer les pistes des solutions, la gouvernance des affaires publiques par les partis politiques. Autrement dit, il examine le rôle joué par les partis politiques et/ou les regroupements politiques dans la gestion des affaires publiques à l’heure de la gestion consensuelle du pays, tout en mettant un accent sur la posture des politiques congolais qui sont plus à l’écoute des mots d’ordre des partis et par conséquent relèguent au second plan la collaboration institutionnelle telle que prévue par la constitution. En effet, la bonne gouvernance est au cœur des politiques de développement préconisées par les institutions internationales. Pourtant, dans les Etats fragiles comme la RDC, sa mise en œuvre se heurte à de fortes résistances. L’Etat de droit que se veut être la RDC est celui dans lequel la Constitution impose à tous, c’est-à-dire, à l’Etat lui-même, à ses agents et aux gouvernants le respect de règles de droit. Malheureusement la gestion des ressources de la RDC est loin de se rapprocher des principes de la bonne gouvernance dont se réclame la République Démocratique du Congo à travers sa constitution du 18 février 2006. Il s’observe que les acteurs impliqués dans la gestion des affaires publiques agissent non, pour le compte de l’intérêt supérieur de la Nation mais au contraire, en se conformant au dictat de leur partis politique ou regroupement politique, ce qui nous a conduit à qualifier du coup, la RDC d’un Etat-partis.
Author Keywords: Etat-parti, gouvernance politique, alternance pacifique, démocratie, Etat de droit, parti-Etat.
How to Cite this Article
Shabani Morisho Dauda, Pungu Mukumbi Denis, and Mbangu Wanga Hervé, “State-parties and political governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 482–491, February 2022.
