Congolese outgoing President Tshisekedi who is campaigning for the second mandate thinks that blaming Rwanda for DRC problems is enough for him to win the election.
Tshisekedi doesn’t need to draft a manifesto to present to Congolese voters since he has one of blaming Rwanda. He has been in power since 2019, and during this time DRC has continued to face many challenges caused by his incompetence, without mentioning Rwanda he would be unmasked as shadow president because he has nothing else to say for the electoral campaign. no record only relying on anti-Rwanda sentiments for covering failure.
To continue relying on Rwanda sentiment, Tshisekedi wants the opposition to swallow blindly his stratagem of blaming Rwanda, a few days ago Tshisekedi was heard attacking the opposition candidate Moise Katumbi, saying that he can’t denounce that “Rwanda and Kagame are attacking DRC”, in fact, Tshisekedi who has no proper action plan to present to his people wants other candidates to echo his false narrative.
The lives of Congolese citizens do not matter in Tshisekedi’s strategy of clinging to power, instead of presenting concrete social projects to improve the lives of citizens, he seems focused on his re-election by blaming Rwanda for his failure, diplomatic failures, insecurity, ethnic cleansing, hunger, poverty, corruption, economic challenges, inflation, lack of infrastructure, and embezzlement of public funds all define the achievement of Tshisekedi in the last five years of his mandate.
Everywhere Tshisekedi passed during the campaign the population accused him of not delivering what he had promised them, Matadi the population booed him, they asked him to bring back the money he embezzled, instead of showcasing tangible results, he focused on weak complaints about an issue of lesser importance to the Congolese population.
Apparently, the president lacks arguments, he has neither positive results nor strategic prospects for change. Its agenda and only battle-horse is the all-out criminalisation of Rwanda for all its failures. The question arises whether he will be able to keep his blaming games and gain the trust of the Congolese for a second term.
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