The government of the DRC is not going to organize International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 20, 2024. The reason given is that the population and the authorities do not have the heart to celebrate. The Day of March 20 was placed under the theme: “Create, innovate, undertake in French”. Read more
In the DRC, relations are tense with the leadership of the OIF, regularly criticizing the attitude of the organization’s Secretary General, Louise Mushikiwabo, whom she accuses of bias in favor of Rwanda in the conflict between the two countries. . Louise Mushikiwabo was absent from the Congolese capital during the 9th Francophonie Games in 2023.
This March 20 as usual, the DRC must organize the IWD festivities. This day, focused on the theme “Create, innovate, undertake in French”, this celebration since the government believes that it coincides with a period of pain for the nation, prey to the devastating consequences of the war.
As a replacement for the celebrations, the general delegation to the Francophonie and the RTNC will organize special television programs under the theme: “The Francophonie that we want”, aimed at discussing the benefits of belonging to the Francophonie and the actions to be undertaken. to strengthen the position of the DRC within the French-speaking world.
» We do not feel sufficiently considered because we are the first basin of the Francophonie in the world in terms of speakers, we come before France. We noted that there was not the support needed in this crisis coming from the Francophonie, with concrete proposals beyond the classic condemnations. We played the Francophonie games where the Secretary General was waiting to be invited to come for an activity which was under her direction. La Francophonie does not belong to a State. Unfortunately in the current Francophonie, we confuse his former role at the head of Foreign Affairs of Rwanda and Secretary General of the Francophonie where we cannot speak out clearly without ambiguity and work to be sure that within the Greater Community Francophone, there are no Congolese dying or being killed as it is happening,” explained Patrick Muyaya during a press briefing on Tuesday March 19, 2024.
For this member of the government, “the heart is therefore not in the party”. In a press release, relayed on the Rwandan aggression via its M23 auxiliaries« .
Government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya believes that the DRC, given its role and its weight, does not feel considered within this French-speaking organization. According to Patrick Muyaya, the Francophonie does not belong to a State and denounces the existing confusion in the head of Louise Mushikiwabo as secretary general of the OIF but also as former head of Rwandan diplomacy.
The DRC will also reflect on the benefits it can derive from the Francophonie as an instrument serving strategic interests. According to Patrick Muyaya, the opinion of a section of the Congolese population has always called for departure within this organization.
» Obviously we are going to evaluate and if in the evaluation that is made we say we must withdraw from the Francophonie because it was already an option that was proposed by several parliamentarians in view of the attitude of the organization. There will be mechanisms or decisions that can be made when these evaluations are completely finished. We must consider that this is an opportunity for France mainly and other French-speaking countries, knowing the central role of the DRC, to act because the option of leaving the Francophonie, for many Congolese, is not an option. exclude when they do not feel enough solidarity, compassion in relation to the tragedies we are experiencing,” he concluded.
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