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Patrick Muyaya: “This dialogue will not be another gathering abroad, but a debate at the heart of the country”

From Radio Okapi · () French

Translated from French and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Official statement New plan
  • Democratic Republic of Congo government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said the planned national dialogue will be held inside the country, not abroad.
  • Consultations will begin in provincial capitals and culminate in Kinshasa, with a focus on peace, national cohesion and state reform.
  • Muyaya said armed groups would be excluded, while an upcoming presidential order is expected to define safeguards for transparency and impartiality.

The national dialogue convened by the president will be held across the Democratic Republic of Congo, beginning in provincial capitals and ending in Kinshasa. Government spokesman Patrick Muyaya presented the format as an effort to build a process from the grassroots upward.

This will not be another gathering abroad, but a debate at the heart of the country.

· Patrick MuyayaThe government spokesman described the decision to hold the national dialogue inside the Democratic Republic of Congo.

“This will not be another gathering abroad, but a debate at the heart of the country,” Muyaya said on Radio Okapi’s Dialogue entre Congolais program. He said the discussions would address Congolese problems on Congolese territory, with peace, national cohesion and the refoundation of the state as their central themes.

Muyaya said the process was not intended to legitimize decisions that had already been made. Instead, he said, it would give Congolese citizens a role in seeking lasting solutions to insecurity in the east and strengthening national unity. He described the president’s goal as a pact for peace, cohesion and state reform.

It is a dialogue among Congolese people, dealing with the problems of Congolese people.

· Patrick MuyayaMuyaya explained the domestic focus of the consultations.

The government spokesman sought to reassure those reluctant to hold the meetings inside the country. He said the framework would be secured and open to the country’s active forces, except armed groups. He also said the process should provide the state with tools to respond more effectively to citizens’ concerns.

The president of the republic said that this dialogue must lead to a pact for peace, cohesion and the refoundation of the state.

· Patrick MuyayaHe outlined the president’s stated objective for the process.

A presidential ordinance is expected to set out how the organizing committee will operate, with the stated aim of ensuring transparency and impartiality when recommendations from provincial consultations are collected. Muyaya said those recommendations would come from the grassroots and eventually form the proposed national pact.

The idea here is for the president of the republic to give the people the floor.

· Patrick MuyayaMuyaya described how public recommendations would feed into the final pact.
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Originally published by Radio Okapi in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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