{The newly appointed cabinet of the Democratic Republic of Congo, led by Prime Minister Bruno Tshibala has been sworn into office in spite of jeers, whistling and the blowing of vuvuzelas by opposition members.}<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Bruno Tshibala\u2019s government of national unity has been described by the opposition as undermining a previous agreement.<\/p>\n
President Joseph Kabila struck a deal with the country\u2019s main opposition bloc to allow him stay on in office after his mandate expired last November provided elections were held by the end of 2017.<\/p>\n
Talks to implement the deal however broke down in March this year when Kabila refused to commit o the bloc\u2019s choice of prime minister.<\/p>\n
In spite of the rejection his government faces from the opposition, Prime Minister Tshibala says he is committed to work for the country\u2019s best interest.<\/p>\n
In his address, the outlined the four priority areas of his new government of national unity which he said \u201care deeply entrenched in the political accord of December 31, 2016 and its terms.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first line of action of the new government Tshibala said is \u201cto organise credible, free, transparent and peaceful elections, at an agreed date\u201d.<\/p>\n
He cited arresting the country\u2019s declining economy and the improving the living conditions of the population as the second and third priority action points respectively of his government.<\/p>\n
The final priority of the new government \u201cwill be to improve security throughout the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Political tensions remain high in the Democratic Republic of Congo as President Kabila\u2019s opponents believe he intends to delay elections until he can organise a referendum to allow himself run for a third term.<\/p>\n
The president has however denied the accusations, saying the delays in organising elections are due to challenges with registering millions of voters as well as budgetary constraints.<\/p>\n
Head of the DRC\u2019s Electoral Commission (CENI) Corneille Nangaa however says the ongoing violence in central Congo could further delay the planned elections as well as affect the credibility of the polls.<\/p>\n
\u201cElections must take place, but not just anyhow,\u201d Nangaa said. \u201cIf we organise the election hastily without preparing what is necessary because we must stick to the date, we risk having non-credible elections and that will probably lead to violence that we saw recently.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nangaa said militiamen have ransacked six of the electoral commission\u2019s headquarters in the troubled Kasai region \u2013 where an insurrection which began last July has led to hundreds of deaths \u2013 and beheaded three staff members.<\/p>\n
Nangaa told Reuters that while the elections could technically be held later this year as scheduled, there might be no voting in the troubled areas.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think we have much of a choice. The most important thing is to pacify that area and enroll as we\u2019ve done elsewhere,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Nangaa also cast doubts on the feasibility of holding presidential, legislative and provincial elections together this year as called for by the accord. But some analysts say, a further delay could rekindle anti-Kabila protests which resulted in dozens being killed last year.<\/p>\n
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