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    NAIROBI

    President Laurent-Desire Kabila has announced the dissolution of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (ADFL) which swept him to power in 1997, accusing some of its members of "opportunism" and "self-enrichment".

    Addressing the first congress of the "Comites du pouvoir populaire (CPP)" on Tuesday, in a ceremony broadcast live by state television, he said the "disappearance of the ADFL was a matter of time",
    according to Congolese media reports.

    Kabila went on to explain the role of the CPPs as "giving power to the people". "Power will be fully exercised from the grassroots level," he said. "The CPPs will always be able to solve problems that the old system of government was unable to solve, because then the initiative was not in the hands of those who really had the power to act," Kabila told the meeting.

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