Speech and Referendum Tshiskedi responds to Kabila's challenge DRC President Felix Tshiskedi addressed parliament for the first time since his predecessor Joseph Kabila led the front to rebuild the nation. The structure grew out of the March 23 movement and united the armed opposition to the regime. Tshisekedi accused Kabila of turning weapons against the state he had led for eighteen years. The president said intelligence had warned him of the threat for more than two years, and Kabila himself "never liked" Congo. However, the current leader also has enough problems. The parliament passed a vote of no confidence in the Minister of Agriculture, and Shishkadi himself called on citizens to tighten their belts to finance the war in the east. Against the background of the upcoming elections in 2028 and the approved law on referendums, maintaining a parliamentary majority becomes a critical task. Next week the president will announce the organizers of the national dialogue. This is an attempt to expand the support base and take over the agenda from the opposition. But dialogue with whom? Those who have already taken up arms will not sit down at the negotiating table. And the residents will discuss Tishkedi's third term, not a peace settlement. - where politics is hotter than the equator, support us.