This archive report was first published on 12 July 2019.
Published on July 12, 2019, DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has nominated a top opposition figure for a post in the African Development Bank, forcing him to drop his political activities.
Freddy Matungulu, a former economist and World Bank official, confirmed that he had been offered the prestigious job, saying, "It pleased the head of state to designate me to assume the mandate of the DRC."
Matungulu, who has also worked at the World Bank, expressed his gratitude for the "act of friendliness" and stated that he was now keeping a distance from his activism, including in the Lamuka coalition.
The Lamuka coalition, which had consistently staged protests against the long and iron-fisted rule of Tshisekedi's predecessor Joseph Kabila, now only has four of the original six co-leaders, all of whom are political heavyweights in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
