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| Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, photo by Presidency |
A letter from the office of the Chief of Staff, has denied allegations that President Felix Tshisekedi had cut short the 37th session of the Council of Ministers meeting, after being undermined by the Minister of Justice.
The President instead had to rush to attend another video conference with Head of States from the Continent.
Sources attending the ministerial meeting alleged that President Tshisekedi dropped the video chat after being informed about the Minister of Justice, Tunda Ya Kasenda, already submitting a letter to the National Assembly, indicating that cabinet has approved the proposed amendment to the judicial law be debated in Parliament. But the matter was yet to be discussed by the Council of Ministers.
According to the sources, the Minister of Justice raised the subject for discussion, but was quickly interrupted by one of the cabinet members, who informed the President that he was being made a fool since the Minister already took the decision on behalf of government. The President then turned to the Minister to find out whether there was any truth to this, a question the Minister could not deny.
Later, a civil society movement called on the Attorney General to open a criminal investigation against the Justice Minister, for approving a government letter without the consent and knowledge of the cabinet.
However the Minister defended himself by arguing that, a copy of the letter was handed over to the office of the Prime Minister.
The proposed amendment to the judicial law, which was brought forward by members of Parliament Aubin Minaku and Garry Sakata, caused tension across the country with the fear that if passed it could interfere with the independence of the judiciary.
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