Félix Tshisekedi, président réélu de la RD Congo.
Le président congolais Félix Tshisekedi a remporté dimanche un deuxième mandat à la tête du plus grand pays d'Afrique subsaharienne.
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00:00 Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi won a second term on Sunday at the head of the
00:04 largest sub-Saharan African country.
00:06 Son of the historic leader of the opposition Etienne Tshisekedi, who is nicknamed "Fatship"
00:11 , took office in 2019 during the first peaceful transition in the history of the country.
00:17 France 24 traces its path.
00:19 Its support sees a real popular plebiscite.
00:23 Its opponents denounce a "simulacrum of elections".
00:27 Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi won the presidential election with 73.34% of the
00:33 votes, declared Sunday, December 31, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) far ahead of its
00:38 main rivals Moïse Katoumbi (18.08%) and Martin Fayoulou (5.33%).
00:45 In power since January 2019, the one nicknamed by the diminutive "Fatshib" or "Fatshibeton"
00:52 in reference to his promise to rebuild the Democratic Republic of Congo, had succeeded
00:56 President Joseph Kabila, after nearly 19 years of reign, during the first peaceful transition
01:02 in the history of the country.
01:03 Biberné to politics since his most tender childhood, he systematically aggravated the
01:08 scales to hold on to the head of this gigantic Central African country.
01:13 To follow the work of the father.
01:14 Born in 1963, Félix Tshisekedi is the son of Etienne Tshisekedi, the late historic leader
01:21 of the opposition.
01:22 This former companion of the dictator Mobutu Seseko (1965-1997), of whom he was several
01:29 times the minister, had made the choice of dissidence in the early 1980s and created
01:33 his own party, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS).
01:38 He had tried his luck at the 2011 presidential election, won by Joseph Kabila.
01:44 Third child of a family of five, Félix begins his political career in the shadow of the
01:49 paternal figure.
01:50 At 19, he follows his father, led by Mobutu, in his village of Kazahi.
01:55 At 22, Fatshi, his mother and brothers take the path of exile in Belgium, a country he
02:01 considered his second Congo, where he has in particular followed a training in marketing
02:05 and communication.
02:06 He undertakes to climb the ladders of the paternal party.
02:09 He obtains his first mandate as a deputy in 2011, but refuses to sit in the National
02:15 Assembly to respect the word of his father's order against the re-election contested by
02:18 Joseph Kabila to power.
02:20 At the death of Etienne Tshisekedi, in 2017, his son takes over the party and becomes a
02:26 candidate for the presidential election in March 2018.
02:29 "I have absolutely no intention or ambition to measure myself to what he was, but my
02:34 dream is to continue his work ", he said about his father, before
02:38 exaust his dream by becoming, on January 24, 2019, President of the Democratic Republic
02:44 of Congo (RDC).
02:46 Contested victory.
02:47 Often described as a discreet character despite his imposing stature, cultivating the art
02:52 of compromise, Félix Tshisekedi is no less of a strategist.
02:55 While he had to ally himself with the unique candidate of the opposition Martin Fayoulou,
03:00 Fatshiba finally formed a winning ticket with the former president of the National Assembly,
03:05 Vital Kamere, who opened the doors to him of the presidency.
03:08 He is declared a winner with 38.57% of the votes, in front of Martin Fayoulou, 34.83%,
03:16 who then denounces an electoral "pooch" and ridiculous results, which have nothing to do
03:20 with the truth of the ballots.
03:21 While the Catholic Church of the RDC, which had deployed observers in the polling stations,
03:27 also seemed to express doubts, the unfortunate candidate is awaiting a appeal to justice.
03:32 Félix Tshisekedi's election will finally be validated by the Constitutional Court,
03:37 estimating the results provided by the Independent Electoral Commission, "significant, authentic
03:41 and sincere".
03:43 If at the start of his term, a coalition agreement linked him to Joseph Kabila, he quickly
03:48 blew it away by claiming to be the only leader on board.
03:51 Multiple blows and political skill that first surprised the observers, but which
03:56 contributed to the son of E. taking a first name.
03:58 Half-baked assessment.
04:00 The new president had taxed his program on security and the fight against poverty.
04:06 Five years later, several major social reforms have taken place, such as the free
04:11 education system , even if its implementation has been criticized, or the free care for
04:15 maternity.
04:16 But many blame him for not having broken with the system of predation of resources
04:21 and for not having managed to pacify the east of the country, the main black spot of his
04:25 quinquennat.
04:26 Félix Tshisekedi denounces the "aggressions" of the Rwandan neighbor, who accuses him of
04:31 supporting the M23 rebels in this area, in contempt of international law.
04:35 Questioned on France 24 to a month of the scrutiny, the president had defended his
04:40 assessment, saluting the advances and which only ask to be consolidated.
04:43 "A lot of things are still to be done, the Congo is coming back from afar "he had
04:48 said, congratulating himself, in passing, on the recent increase in the note of his
04:52 country by the international rating agencies.
04:55 On these chances of re-election, he had shown himself a little cocky, I remain serene and
05:00 modest.
05:01 Since the last presidential election, Félix Tshisekedi has made a gap with his competitors,
05:06 obtaining a score almost twice as high as that of 2018.
05:09 A fact, nevertheless somewhat spoiled by new accusations of fraud, emanating from the
05:15 opposition, linked to the many delays and logistical problems that have entrenched the
05:18 scrutiny.
05:19 With AFP.