Congolese Parliament dissolves government of Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Parliament Wednesday dissolved the government of Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba following a vote of no confidence against the central executive last Friday adopted by 301 members.

Out of 382 members of parliament who took part in the plenary, 377 voted for the motion; 367 voted for, seven against, two abstained, while one was nullified.

The president of the provisional board, at the end of the vote, declared that the government was expected to be resigning and the prime minister was expected to tender the resignation of his government within a deadline of 24 hours.

The vote was passed in the absence of Prime Minister Ilunga Ilunkamba who refused the invitation of the board with the explanation that only the definitive board had the full powers to conduct the procedure and draw up the acts related to any vote of no confidence. 

In a letter sent to the board of the Lower Chamber of Parliament, Prime Minister Ilunga said “the said vote of no confidence is only but a politician machination without factual basis and the ignorance of the demands of rule of law”.

“I refer to the disposition of the definitive board,” he said before calling the board to hold as soon as possible the vote for the election of the definitive board, the only one competent to conduct the process and draw up the acts related to any vote of no confidence.

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