{"id":55099,"date":"2025-08-03T10:34:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T10:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/tshisekedi-dispels-speculation-about-pm-suminwa-s-dismissal-amid-gov-t-shakeup\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T10:01:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T10:01:51","slug":"tshisekedi-dispels-speculation-about-pm-suminwa-s-dismissal-amid-gov-t-shakeup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/tshisekedi-dispels-speculation-about-pm-suminwa-s-dismissal-amid-gov-t-shakeup\/","title":{"rendered":"Tshisekedi dispels speculation about PM Suminwa\u2019s dismissal amid gov&#8217;t shakeup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent weeks, Tshisekedi signalled impending changes within his administration, prompting rumours about a possible dismissal of the Prime Minister. However, at a recent Union Sacr\u00e9e (USN) coalition meeting, the President dispelled these reports, expressing full confidence in Suminwa\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Tshisekedi also announced plans for a new government capped at 50 members, emphasising inclusivity. He stated that the upcoming cabinet would extend opportunities to political opposition, civil society groups, and other stakeholders to foster national unity and tackle persistent issues facing the country.<\/p>\n<p>On 25 July 2025, Tshisekedi convened a Cabinet meeting where he thanked outgoing ministers for their service and wished success to those continuing in the new administration.<\/p>\n<p>The outgoing government, comprising 54 members, faced criticism for uneven regional representation and the exclusion of political parties with parliamentary seats from government posts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-91898 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_1408-2-3ffa6.jpg\" alt=\"In recent weeks, Tshisekedi signalled impending changes within his administration, prompting rumours about a possible dismissal of the Prime Minister. However, at a recent Union Sacr\u00e9e (USN) coalition meeting, the President dispelled these reports, expressing full confidence in Suminwa\u2019s leadership.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President F\u00e9lix-Antoine Tshisekedi has confirmed that Judith Suminwa will remain Prime Minister as he prepares to form a new government. The move comes amid ongoing speculation that Suminwa might be replaced in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at addressing the country\u2019s pressing security, economic, and social challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000091899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000091899,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/img_1408-2-3ffa6logo.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/img_1408-2-3ffa6logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/img_1408-2-3ffa6logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/img_1408-2-3ffa6logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/img_1408-2-3ffa6logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/img_1408-2-3ffa6logo.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000091899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55099"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55099"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}