One of the major lessons of the verdict of the national legislatives, is that the future Room will keep the colors of its predecessor. In the spans of the hemicycle, marked with FCC deputies (Common Front for Congo) will be hyper majority- with the low word 350 representatives.

Not thus need to be particularly a goldsmith in political sciences to bet on the cohabitation- because the country is in a case of figure where the elected president does not have majority within the Lower House of the Parliament. The number of UDPS, UNC deputies and others allies being largely lower than that of the majority.

However, as regard the Constitution; the president of the Republic names the Prime Minister within the parliamentary Majority, in fact the National Assembly. Unless dissolving the Lower House of the Parliament, the Head of State does not have other choices to only cohabit with the parliamentary Majority, from which the Government will result, while taking account of the fields of collaboration between the two poles of the Executive which are the President and 
the Prime Minister.

Cohabitation, a well-known French practice 

Congolese thus will try out a practice that the French know well. For recall, the semi-presidential regime or semi-member of Parliament in progress in DRC is of hexagonal inspiration. In the history of the 5th French Republic, the cohabitation was already invited to three times- In1986 and 1988. The socialist president then François Mitterrand was to compose with the liberalo-gaullist Majority, led by Jacques Chirac. This one will be a Prime Minister.

In 1993 when same the president François Mitterrand had to share the power with the same coalition of right-hand side. This time with Edouard Balladur like Prime Minister- Finally in 1997, the anticipated legislative elections prevented Jacques Chirac, president elected two years after, of a majority within the National Assembly. The left known as plural Socialists, radicals and ecologists - form the Government under the crook of Lionel Jospin.

Cach-FCC tandem invited to privilege the higher interest of the nation 

Although comparison is not reason, there is the same matter with inspiration in the French experience. The cohabitation requires that the various actors place the higher interest of the nation above any other consideration.

With regard to the DRC, this cohabitation between the Tshisekediste family and its UNC ally on the one hand, and on the other hand, the Kabiliste block could resemble the necessary historical compromise behind which the country runs for a long time. 30 years ago, François Muamba, the same one, theorized on the compromise when he wondered in his book worship how the country (Zaire) could leave the dead end. This political actor recommended already the compromise.

Thereafter, several attempts of bringing together of the political leaders of foreground under Mobutu, under Kabila father and son, took place, but without anticipated results.

A compromise imposed by the ballot boxes 

For little which one has a certain idea of the DRC and taking into account of planetary stakes whose country of Lumumba is in the center, one can only encourage this compromise imposed by the ballot boxes. Because, the stakes related to the natural resources of the DRC (cobalt, coltan, forest) order the advent of a sacred union between Congolese.

From this point of view, if some and others put their ideas a part, while emancipating themselves of the politicking, the prospect for cohabitation between Cach-FCC tandem could prove to be a first step in the good way, namely, that of the gathering of the country around the main thing.


(CKS/Yes)