Félix Tshisekedi demands evaluation of the projects included in the Sino-Congolese contract- DRC
In his communication during the nineteenth meeting of the Council of Ministers, held on Friday, September 10, the President of the Republic Félix Tshisekedi asked the Minister of State, Minister of Infrastructure and Public Works to present, during the twenty- and-first meeting of the Council of Ministers, the state of play of the technical and financial execution of the projects included in the Sino-Congolese contract, and to the Minister of Mines to do the same in her sector.
Félix Tshisekedi wants to see clearly about the technical and financial execution of the projects included in the Sino-Congolese contract, at the basis of recent various strange revelations including the illegal exploitation of minerals.
As a result, notes the report of the Council of Ministers, the Democratic Republic of Congo has a significant deficit in terms of infrastructure. This reality constitutes an obstacle to its development. The President of the Republic indicated that he is working to find short, medium and long-term solutions in order to put the country on the rails of development by promoting structures and mechanisms aimed at improving the business climate and thus free up resources for the construction of infrastructure
and enable the country to be connected and facilitate transactions.
It is in this spirit that in 2008, in order to capitalize all available sources of infrastructure financing, the Democratic Republic of Congo signed the so-called “Sino-Congolese” contract renegotiated in 2009.
The execution of the major infrastructure projects included in this framework had been interrupted, in particular, for technical reasons linked to insufficient electrical energy for mining production. This problem being resolved by the imminent launch of the Busanga power plant, the implementation of these projects should be relaunched without delay.
Recall also that during the eighteenth meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Friday, September 03, Prime Minister Sama Lukonde called on the government to exercise rigorous repression against the perpetrators of illicit mining in the southern province. -Kivu.
