but was prevented from standing in the long delayed 28000 presidential elections that vote saw felix katie elected as president in the country's 1st peaceful political transition since independence in 1960. latest indited opposition politician to be cleared on the cheek eighty's administration the homecoming rejected government plans to change the constitution took place constructive politics for the future. we go beyond today there is a government which is in place and we have to give it a chance because we'll be a real opposition snow exeunt to be made it clear he won't be joining she katie's new government calling to victory richt even so he says the d.n.c. needs national cohesion to move forward. let's bring in a windy bashing from deeds africa highway good to see you so that'll be received iraq styles welcome but how significant is he is coming back to the country politically hi christine that you did it in ways that to me goes back equal access in the tree here. yes ross a big joke and he had a great coming people was waiting for a special good at and that this is a part of it yes an

where the winds of political change are blowing now 4 months after he was inaugurated president felix you say katie has named a new prime minister at will. is a veteran political operator will have more on him place at the same time weiss who has often been described as the 2nd most powerful man in the d r c has returned to the country from 3 years of political exile take a look now at his journey. after 3 long years in exile. or was just a few steps away from a triumphant welcome home on congolese soil he had clear words for the people of his homeland and thousands of waiting supporters. to pull up bridge over here it's for peace i've come back for peace and reconciliation in our country and above all to defend the interest of the congolese people and to defend our constitution to do so you can. see the 2nd largest city is on home turf the wealthy businessman of greek and congolese origin became the 1st democratically elected governor of the mineral rich province of to tango in 2007 he's credited with reforming the region's economic fortunes before it was broken up in 2015 with a long record in of

like to see of the people he comes back on the day president felix she said katie named a prime minister. ending months of speculation and insight into what the late process 73 year olds who. has served in 3 previous governments of former president joseph kabila these late father and the late mobutu says the 2nd until his appointment he was managing director of the national railways company. member of political party and comes from the former president's home region. the message from a to b. to he supports his was clear he told them he's back to defend the constitution and he is a political rivals that forced him to catherine soy al jazeera lubumbashi south east. talks or to continue on tuesday between sudan's military and protest leaders on monday they failed to reach an agreement on who should be part of the new ruling body protesters say they will keep demonstrating on the streets of khartoum until a civilian led government is installed talks between the 2 sides for halted for 3 days while demonstrators removed growth walks they put up in the capital. and the nation's presidential can

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with property fraud and barred from running in december the election that vote was won by felix she said katie though the result has been disputed since she said kerry has been in office is pardon 700 prisoners including political opponents of former president kabila where he's got to be was one of those catherine soy sat down with cuts on b. in mumbai she the main city in its political heart and its hunger. i think what is important for us is the life of the congolese people i'm going to go and do my 2 way in the country i came back i mean man of peace i never killed anyone i never stolen any penny from anyone i can account for everything which of god and do you still hold presidential ambitions 5 years is a lot we need to up our country to go up we need the people of go to our better life people think you may be to be to be in the in government is where you can help people. where i am today in the opposition we are going to. congratulate when we can where we can congratulate you are going to criticise where you can agree and you are going to give advice when we can give some advice in the la

traffic congestion many are potholed and prone to floods because of poor training each president felix to see katie has a located $7000000.00 for an emergency infrastructure program in downtown kinshasa traders and workers say the disrepair has cost them lots of money. because road is very important to many businesses here and very difficult to come with the quality of. construction is really to almost 4 months since she said katie became president inheriting many a cannot make and social problems from his predecessor joseph kabila the previous government was accused of mismanagement of public resources as well as human rights abuses she said katie says he wants to change that he's also given amnesty to hundreds of political prisoners and lost those in exile to come back home but all that has been overshadowed by politics with some critics saying that he's a weak president who's not in control of the country's affairs. he has formed a partnership with the former president common front for. the f.c.c. controls parliament the senate and local governments some analysts say the struggling to his author

and his son joseph kabila who govern the country for 18 years almost 2 years after his katy's death his son felix was sworn in as president although december's elections were marred by claims of fraud it was considered the 1st peaceful transfer of power in the democratic republic of congo in 60 is let's speak to ben shephard who's a consulting fellow for the africa program at chatham house he joins us now by of from london so a peaceful transfer of power ben but we still don't know a lot about how that power is going to be used doing. well that's exactly it the return of the body of a contrast that comes at a moment where the balance of power between his son felix just kerry and the coalition of the outgoing president joseph kabila is not yet clear. prime minister was nominated last week he is widely regarded as something of a placeholder a compromise candidate and the allocation of key ministries i think will go a long way to showing us who holds the whip hand just how significant a figure in congolese politics was at the end just a katie. he was a monumental figure he use a huge part of congres

2001 and his son joseph kabila who govern the country for 18 years almost 2 years after katy's death his son felix was sworn in as president although december's elections were marred by claims of fraud it was considered the 1st peaceful transfer of power in the d.l.c. in 60 years earlier we spoke to ben shephard a consulting fellow for the africa program at chatham house he says that etienne tshisekedi had a significant role in democratic republic of congo's politics. the return of the body of contrast that comes at a moment where the balance of power between his son felix just kitty and the coalition of the outgoing president joseph kabila is not yet clear a prime minister was nominated last week he is widely regarded as a something of a placeholder a compromise candidate and the allocation of key ministries i think will go a long way to showing us who holds the whip hand he was a monumental figure he he was a huge part of congress politics for 4 decades he was a leading figure in the fight for democracy and move to tune the in the eighty's i spent a long time in prison his legacy was some walked

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