CongoPresidentFelixSiSeKatiebelieveshehasenoughcrosspartysupporttopushthroughhisplansfor a newgovernmentrealigningthepoliticallandscapebyendinganawkwardcoalitionwithhispredecessor, JosephKabila.
Butafter a disputedelectionin 2000 and 18, thepairforgedanunease e alliancewithKabila's allies, maintaining a parliamentarymajorityoncontrollingthecabinets.
CoalitionTheopoliticalshiftpromptedviolentclashesbetweentherivalcampsatparliamentlastweek, butonThursdaylawmakersvotedtoeoust a Kabilaappointedspeaker, signaling a potentialrealignmentthatmightallowSiseKatietonominate a moreloyalCabinet.
Politicalanalystssaythespeakers.
Unpopularityhelpedthepresidenttriumphby a marginof 81 votesinthe 500 memberlowerhouseon.
Itisunclearwhetherbackingfromhisnewpoliticalbloc, knownastheSacredUnion, willtranslateintoenoughsupportinothercrucialvotes, suchastheappointmentof a newspeakerondemotionofnoconfidenceintheprimeminister.
CongoPresidentFelixSiSeKatiebelieveshehasenoughcrosspartysupporttopushthroughhisplansfor a newgovernmentrealigningthepoliticallandscapebyendinganawkwardcoalitionwithhispredecessor, JosephKabila.
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