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DRC authorities suspend party of former president Kabila
Cape Argus
|April 22, 2025
THE Democratic Republic of Congo government said it had suspended the political party of former president Joseph Kabila, days after his properties were raided by security services.
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"This decision follows the overt activism" of Kabila, the interior ministry said in a statement.
Kabila was president for 18 years up to 2019 and remains head of his People’s Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD),
PPRD activities “are suspended across all the national territory," the statement said.
Ferdinand Kambere, the PPRD’s permanent deputy secretary-general, said the opposition party “denounces an arbitrary decision based on rumours and affabulations”.
It was, he added, designed to “hide the failure” of the regime in dealing with M23 fighters.
As an opposition party, the PPRD has the right to criticise “the chaotic management” of the crisis, said Kambere.
This story is from the April 22, 2025 edition of Cape Argus.
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