By Francine Mukwaya, UK Representative, Friends of the Congo
Lolemba, Januware 19th, nzika zaku Congo zidanyamuka kuti zipikisane ndi zomwe boma la Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) likuchita kuti Purezidenti Joseph Kabila akhalebe pampando. Malinga ndi malamulo a dziko la Congo, pulezidenti akhonza kukhala zaka ziwiri zokha ndipo Joseph Kabila atha zaka zisanu. December 19, 2016.
M'chaka chonse cha 2014, otsatira a Kabila adasuntha maganizo osintha malamulo kuti athe kuthamangira nthawi yachitatu koma kukankhira koopsa kuchokera mkati.Tchalitchi cha Katolika, mabungwe a anthu, ndi otsutsa ndale) ndi kunja (US, UN, EU, Belgium ndi France) dziko la DRC lidakakamiza otsatira a Kabila kuti asiye ganizoli ndikufufuza njira zina zosungira munthu wawo pampando. Kuphatikiza pa zovuta zamkati ndi zakunja, kugwa kwa Purezidenti Blaise Compaore waku Burkina Faso mu Okutobala 2014 kunatumiza uthenga wamphamvu kuti kusintha malamulo ndi ntchito yowopsa. A Blaise Compaore adachotsedwa pampando chifukwa cha zigawenga zomwe zidachitika pa Okutobala 31, 2014 pomwe adayesa kusintha malamulo adziko kuti apitirize kulamulira.
Ndondomeko yaposachedwa yopangidwa ndi mamembala a chipani cha ndale cha Kabila (PPRD) ndi mgwirizano wa Presidential Majority ndi: kukankhira ku Nyumba yamalamulo ku Congo lamulo lachisankho lomwe pamapeto pake lidzalola kuti Kabila akhalebe ndi mphamvu kupitirira 2016. Kalembera wa dziko ndi chofunikira popanga chisankho cha Purezidenti. Akatswiri akukhulupirira kuti zingatenge zaka zinayi kuti amalize kalemberayu. Zaka zinayi izi zikanatha kupitirira December 19, 2016; tsiku lomwe nthawi yachiwiri ya Kabila ifika kumapeto kwa Constitution. Otsutsa, achinyamata ndi mabungwe apachiweniweni aku Congo adakankhira kumbuyo kwambiri pa lamuloli. Ngakhale zili choncho, Nyumba Yamalamulo ya Kongo idapereka lamuloli Loweruka, Januware 17 ndikutumiza ku Nyumba ya Seneti kuti iperekedwe.
Otsutsa aku Kongo ndi achinyamata adatsika m'misewu kuchokera Lolemba, Januware 19 mpaka Lachinayi, Januware 22nd ndi cholinga chotenga Senate mu likulu la Kinshasa. Iwo anakumana ndi kukana koopsa ndi koopsa kwa asilikali a Kabila. Maulendo a achinyamata ndi otsutsa adachitika ku Goma, Bukavu ndi Mbandaka. Boma lidaletsa nkhanza. Iwo anamanga anthu otsutsa, kuphulitsa anthu okhetsa misozi m’misewu, ndiponso kuphulitsa zipolopolo zamoyo m’khamu la anthu. Pambuyo pa masiku anayi a ziwonetsero zosalekeza, bungwe la International Federation of Human Rights linati, anthu 42 anaphedwa. Bungwe la Human Rights watch linanenanso ziwerengero zomwezo 36 amwalira ndi 21 ndi achitetezo.
Lachisanu, January 23rd, Senate ya ku Congo idasankha kuchotsa ndime mu lamulo lachisankho lomwe lidzalole Pulezidenti Kabila kuti agwiritse ntchito kalemberayo ngati njira ya kumbuyo kuti apitirizebe kulamulira kupitirira 2016. Pulezidenti wa Senate, Leon Kengo Wa Dondo adati. kuti chinali chifukwa chakuti anthu adalowa m'misewu, kuti Senate idavotera kuchotsa nkhani yapoizoni m'malamulo a chisankho. Iye anati "tidamvera m'misewu, ndichifukwa chake voti yamasiku ano idakhala mbiri yakale.” Zosintha zomwe Nyumba ya Senate inachita m’malamulowo zinafuna kuti lamuloli liperekedwe ku nthambi zosiyanasiyana kuti Nyumba ya Senate ndi ya National Assembly igwirizanenso. Kupanikizika kunali kukulirakulira paulamuliro wa Kabila ngati Tchalitchi cha Katolika chinafotokoza nkhawa zake za zochita manda pa mbali ya ulamuliro wa Kabila pamene Akazembe aku Western adapita patsogolo pofuna kuthetsa mikangano.
Loweruka, Januware 24, Purezidenti wa National Assembly adauza atolankhani kuti zosintha za Senate zivomerezedwa. Lamlungu, Januware 25, National Assembly idavotera lamuloli ndikuvomereza zosintha zomwe Senate idachita. Chiwerengero cha anthu chinati chipambano ndipo maganizo ake onse anafotokozedwa m'mawu a Chilingala akuti "Bazo Pola Bazo Ndima” mu Chingerezi amatanthauza, iwo [ulamuliro wa Kabila] otayika ndipo avomereza kugonjetsedwa kwawo.
Nkhani yaikulu yodetsa nkhaŵa ili kutali kwambiri. Anthu a ku Kongo sakayikira kuti Kabila akufuna kukhalabe ndi mphamvu mwa njira iliyonse yofunikira. Ngakhale, anthu adzinenera kupambana, tcheru ndilofunika kwambiri pamene ndondomekoyi ikuchitika, ndipo dziko likupita kumapeto kwa ulamuliro wa Joseph Kabila monga pulezidenti. December 19, 2016.
Mtengo wolemera unaperekedwa sabata yatha ndi imfa ya moyo. Komabe, chotchinga cha mantha chidawombedwa ndipo ziwonetsero zamtsogolo zitha kuteteza malamulo, kutsimikizira kuti Kabila amasiya mphamvu malinga ndi lamulo ladziko ndikukonza zisankho za Purezidenti mu 2016.
Gulu la achinyamata likukula ndikugwiritsa ntchito mwanzeru ukadaulo watsopano wapa media. Ikulimbitsanso maukonde ake mkati ndi kunja kwa dziko. Achinyamata adagawana nawo manambala a foni a Senators ndi a National Assembly ndikulimbikitsa anthu a ku Congo mkati ndi kunja kwa DRC kuti ayimbire ndi kutumiza mauthenga kwa aphungu a nyumba yamalamulo kuti athetse lamulo lachisankho. Kugwiritsa ntchito malo ochezera a pa Intaneti kwa achinyamata kudapangitsa kuti boma lizimitsa intaneti ndi ma SMS sabata yatha (Intaneti yopanda zingwe, ma SMS ndi Facebook sanabwezeretsedwe). Kudzera pa twitter, achinyamata aku Congo adapanga hashtag #Telemala, liwu la Chilingala lotanthauza “imilirani” yomwe idakhala ngati kulira kwa achinyamata aku Congo mkati ndi kunja kwa dziko. Tidapanganso tsamba lawebusayiti lomwe lili ndi dzina lomweli (www.Telema.org), pofuna kupereka chithandizo kwa achinyamata omwe ali pansi.
Anthuwa asonyeza kuti mphamvu zili m’manja mwawo osati andale. Nkhondoyi siili yotsutsana ndi lamulo limodzi kapena lina koma ku Congo yatsopano, Congo kumene zofuna za anthu zimayikidwa patsogolo ndikutetezedwa ndi atsogoleri awo. Kulimbana kwathu ndikukhala ndi chonena pakupanga zisankho m'dziko lathu, ndikuwongolera ndikuwunika zochitika za Democratic Republic of the Congo.
