Some parliamentarians from the CACH coalition, which is made up of members from the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) and Union for the Congolese Nation (UNC), have withdrawn their participation from the Administrative and Legal Policy Committee of the National Assembly. The Committee had been assigned with reviewing certain sections of the judicial legislation.
According to the members, such review cannot be continued since it violate several Articles of the Constitution.
They were also hoping that the Committee will take into account the violent protest that erupted in Kinshasa, over the proposed amendment to the judicial law, and stop the review. The protest was a clear message from ordinary Congolese citizens that they are against the amendment, said one of the Parliamentarians.
But on Friday 26 June 2020, despite the objection, the Committee decided to go ahead with reviewing the proposed judicial amendment anyway.
A reminder that members of the Common Front for Congo (FCC), Aubin Minaku and Garry Sakata, had submitted a motion to the National Assembly, to debate on the revision of certain judicial laws. They want to see among other things, changes in the functioning and competency of the Court, with the aim that the role of the Justice Minister will have some kind of impact.
But many view the idea as an attempt by the lawmakers to interfere with the independence of the judiciary.
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