Revisions to political party law possible

Kabila has said that the 1998 decree regulating the creation of political parties in the DRC could be revised by a future parliament, news agencies reported. In an address broadcast on Congolese state television last week, Kabila said the decree was "a law like any other law, and perhaps, if the circumstances of the moment so demand, it can undergo amendments." He said
such a task would be "the prerogative" of a constituent and legislative assembly. Reacting to recommendations of a church-organised national consultation meeting held recently in Kinshasa, Kabila also said he supported the establishment of a transitional parliament "to facilitate our country's democratisation process", but the Comites du pouvoir
populaire (CPPs) he set up last year would continue to be state funded. He said his government would also take into account the meeting's recommendation that the Lusaka ceasefire agreement be revised.