DR Congo PM Matata Ponyo resigns

DR Congo PM Matata Ponyo resigns
Augustin Matata Ponyo will be replaced by an opposition member

Augustin Matata Ponyo will be replaced by an opposition member

BBC News -The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo has resigned, paving the way for the appointment of his successor to lead a new transitional government, the AFP news agency reports.

Mr Ponyo’s resignation is part of a deal signed last month between President Joseph Kabila’s government and some opposition parties to postpone presidential elections to April 2018.

Voters in DR Congo were supposed to head to the polls this month to pick Mr Kabila’s successor, at the end of his second and final elected term.

The main opposition parties have rejected the postponement, saying it is a ploy to keep Mr Kabila in power.

All cabinet members resigned along with Mr Ponyo

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