{"id":328794,"date":"2016-12-18T04:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T03:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/republic-of-the-congo-and-politicians-for-unity\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T15:05:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T13:05:56","slug":"republic-of-the-congo-and-politicians-for-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/republic-of-the-congo-and-politicians-for-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"Republic of the Congo and Politicians for Unity"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"congo<\/a><\/strong> The Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a> (DRC) has been passing through a very delicate phase in its politics <\/strong>since last November 14th when the Premier Augustin Matata Ponyo <\/strong>was dismissed, following an accord in October that prolonged the mandate of President Joseph Kabila. <\/strong>Kabila should have terminated his office last December 19th, but his coalition, along with part of the opposition, has decided to continue on until next elections in April 2018. This was the heated context in which the Congolese <\/strong>Political Movement for Unity<\/a> (PMU), which is inspired by the values of the spirituality of <\/strong>Chiara Lubich<\/a>, was formed last October 29th. <\/strong>\u201cDuring this period, the Church and its Bishops Conference is working to avoid chaos in the country,\u201d say Damien Kasereka and Aga Ghislaine Kahambu <\/strong>from the local Focolare Movement. \u201cThe launching of the PMU at this moment is really an answer to a need. <\/strong>We\u2019re glad to see members of the Movement more involved in politics, especially the young people who are convinced that things can be different. In spite of everything, we don\u2019t lost hope.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> On December 3rd the PMU was officially introduced at the multi-purpose meeting hall of the Moyi Mwa Ntongo Medical Centre in Kinshasa. <\/strong>The Le potentiel <\/em>newspaper devoted a long article to the event, titled \u201cLove and Brotherhood in Society: the Launch of a Mass-Awareness Movement\u201d. \u201cFar from being a political party, the PMU is a network of reflection and action for the promotion of brotherhood in the political life of the Congo. <\/strong>Its initiators are convinced that universal brotherhood is the basis and the key for positive change in society, especially Congolese [society] whose anti-values are finding it hard to die out,\u201d the newspaper wrote. The event was attended by university researchers, teaching staff, journalists, religious, medical doctors, graduate students, social activists and other professionals. The meeting underscored the importance and opportunity being offered by the PMU <\/strong>in the DRC, since it promotes \u201cdoing politics in favour of unity\u201d which is so needed at this difficult moment in time. The National Deputy Dieudonn\u00e9 Upira, <\/strong><\/strong>one of the initiators of the PMU in the DRC, affirmed: \u201cWe\u2019d like to raise a generation of young people who are not afraid like us. Obviously, we have not done much for this country. Perhaps we weren\u2019t trained and this is the reason behind our fear. Therefore, we want to train the young people who are interested in doing good, so that they will be prepared to denounce, announce and renounce. Young people who, in front of the bipolarization of the Congolese political sphere, are able to say: \u201cWe must work for our nation.\u201d A young person with training can influence society with his or her way of acting.\u201d \"congoEx-Deputy Georgine Madiko, who was among the initiators, also said: <\/strong>\u201cWe\u2019ll begin periodic university courses that will allow young people to receive training through modules. [Then,] we\u2019ll spread like a spider web covering the whole country and all the academic fields. This spider web will serve \u2013 if not in eradicating \u2013 at least in mitigating the wrong in our society and in promoting the good.\u201d It will begin with a group of 59 people. At the conclusion, Aga Ghislaine Kahambu thanked everyone: <\/strong>\u201cYour presence shows that you want our country to change. You don\u2019t need a crowd to change society. Each one of us can perform positive actions. Now, we no longer want these actions to be isolated.\u201d Gustavo Clari\u00e1  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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