Département des Sciences Politiques et Administratives, Faculté des Sciences Sociales, Politiques et Administratives, Université de Lubumbashi, B.P 1825, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
In this study, Presidential Majority and Governance in the DRC, it has been demonstrated how the presidential majority is a confused alliance from the doctrinal, ideological and even natural point of view, a reality which led it to the adoption of the division of power as a mode of governance, This mode is certainly attested throughout both the national and provincial government that the presidential majority had to carry out in the same way as the government GIZENGA, MUZITO, MATATA. Thus, only a political alliance does not result in the emergence of good governance perceptible by the ability to listen to and respond to the governed, political stability and the absence of violence, efficiency of government, quality of regulation, rule of law.
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that the real problem facing the Democratic Republic of Congo in the organisation of elections since the beginning of this third phase of the electoral process is the independence of institutions responsible for the electoral process. It notes that the evolution of the legal framework of the CENI and the courts in charge of litigation have not made it possible to guarantee its members freedom of action vis-à-vis the majority in power. In the last elections (2018), almost all CENI members were considered close to the electoral platform of the outgoing Head of State, Joseph Kabila. The latter also retained a major influence on the appointment process of judges of the Constitutional Court.
It also found that it was very difficult two months before the elections to reach a consensus on changes that would restore confidence in these institutions. It should be noted that in 2016, four months of negotiations and two dialogues failed to resolve this issue. The opening of discussions on the replacement of all members of the board of the CENI and the Constitutional Court was synonymous with a new postponement of these elections. By 2016, it had already been difficult for political actors to agree on a consensus facilitator and the modalities of discussions. Hence the difficulty for the Congolese DR State to restore peace by organizing free, credible, democratic and transparent elections.
This study aims to demonstrating that from independence of Democratic Republic of the Congo till now, ethnicity has always played a major role for political leaders in this that each one uses his tribe or ethnicity as to secure his power base during his reign. This, in fact, has been demonstrated through the various rebellions of the years 1960-1965, when everyone fell back in his home province to be able to provide a sound basis strengthening and legitimizing actions or ambitions of the interest of the whole community.
From the taking over in 1965, 1997 and 2001, people only succeeded to empower, as the political power management system did not change at all. Since the time of Mobutu’s, Kabila's father’s or Joseph Kabila’s regime, political power enjoyed an ethnic or tribal base safe in the sense that each governing, working with the members of his home province. Therefore, other tribes were part of the fair management that hide the image of ethnicity by appearing advocate for national unity. Really, the members of the ethnic group or tribe played or still play a vital role of running for important posts in the army and government, including the Interior Ministry, the General Staff of the Army, national defense, presidential security brigade, the intelligence services, police, the public enterprises and other government posts.