I am an Economist, a Jayhawk, an Associate Professor at Marshall University, and an Associate Editor (Applied Economics and Applied Economics Letters).
La #Constitution en #RDC n’est pas négociable.
Non à son changement.
Non au glissement.
En 2028, Félix #Tshisekedi devra partir. Et le peuple congolais y veillera.
Notre déclaration via le membre de notre Directoire, Olivier #Kamitatu 👇🏾
One of my greatest regrets from my time as US AsstSecState for Africa was advocating for US to support Tshisekedi as winner of Congo's 2018 election. I thought he would really be different and advance the Congolese people's interests. How wrong I was!
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This Monday, April 13, in broad daylight, at 4:25 p.m., men in military uniforms abducted Mr. Raphaël Mututa Mitsala in Lubumbashi, on Lubilashi Avenue. This is not just a news item, and even less a trivial one. It is a message directed at an entire community. A renowned dignitary from Katanga and even former president of the Katangese Foundation, Mr. Raphaël Mututa Mitsala is a voice, a reference point, and an icon for a people. Making him disappear is not arresting a man: it is an attempt to silence an entire province through a grave affront to the absolute respect owed to one of its most distinguished representatives. Abducting such an eminently respected figure is more than a crime. It is a sacrilege that recalls the dark years at the end of Mobutu’s rule, when his infamous “owls” wreaked havoc. Abductions are multiplying everywhere. Disappearances are becoming routine. It has become a policy of the regime! We demand the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. Raphaël Mututa Mitsala and that full light be shed on this abduction, which could have serious consequences.
J'invite chacun à accompagner cette période délicate de travail diplomatique par la prière, en espérant que la volonté de dialoguer puisse devenir l'instrument permettant de résoudre les autres situations de conflit dans le monde. #PrionsEnsemble#Paix
I urge everyone to accompany this moment of delicate diplomacy with prayer, in hopes that a willingness to dialogue may become the means to resolve other conflict situations in the world as well. #PrayTogether#Peace
When you take office, you swear to uphold the Constitution. As your time runs out, some look for ways around it — or try to tear it apart just to hold on to power.
But there's a time for everything: a time to serve the people, and a time to hand back the power they entrusted to you.
Article 64 of our Constitution doesn't just give every Congolese citizen the right to stand against any seizure or exercise of power that violates the law — it makes it a duty.
I'm exercising that duty. And I stand by it.
I've always said it, and I'll say it again: when you come for the Constitution, you come for the people. And the Congolese people will not stand for it.
En accédant au pouvoir, on prête serment de respecter la Constitution. A l'approche de la fin, certains cherchent à la contourner, voire à la défaire pour s’y maintenir.
Or, il y a un temps pour tout : un temps pour servir le peuple, et un temps pour lui rendre le pouvoir qu’il vous a confié.
L’article 64 de notre Constitution ne reconnaît pas seulement à chaque Congolais le droit de s’opposer à toute prise ou exercice du pouvoir en violation de la loi fondamentale — il lui en fait un devoir.
Je l’exerce. Je l’assume.
Je l’ai toujours dit, et je le redis avec force : s’en prendre à la Constitution, c’est s’en prendre au peuple. Et le peuple congolais ne se laissera pas faire.
An economy that produces graduates faster than jobs is not educating, it is manufacturing anger - Alexander Afenyo-Markin, Minority Leader of Parliament
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Which Magisterium? The same one. The Magisterium of the Catholic Church with and under Peter.
That same Church that defined the rule of faith and expressed it in a language and ways relevant for each era, from Nicaea to Vatican II.
Every age forces the Church to speak again, not because truth changes, but because errors change, cultures change, languages change. The deposit of faith is immutable; its articulation matures eodem sensu eademque sententia.
A new catechism or a revised Code of Canon Law does not imply a new faith any more than Chalcedon implied a new Christ, different from Nicaea and Ephesus.