[ Les avatars du contrôle parlementaire en République Démocratique du Congo ]
Volume 36, Issue 1, April 2022, Pages 235–244
Moise Bomana Mavungu1
1 Doctorant en sciences politiques, Chef de travaux à l’Université de Lubumbashi, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2022 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
In principle, the parliament’s control over the executive power is grounded on a simple idea. Having received a mandate from the people, the legislative chambers should have the possibility to check how the State manages public affairs. This will help the State continue going on the right way, which most corresponds to the desires of the national community.However, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, political actors who take part in this process (control) have totally distorted or denatured it for unveiled reasons. We consider this distortion or denaturation of the parliament members’ role as political « vicissitudes ». This article is meant to display the various ways in which the parliament’s role is denatured in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has the merit to reveal to the large public the new and hidden side of the members of parliament mission as they control the government’s actions. Instead of ensuring transparency and efficiency in the State management, this parliamentary prerogative is surprisingly turned into a mean means for getting more wealth and hold on power.
Author Keywords: Controlling government action, political responsibility, ineffective government action, bugdet control, accumulation of wealth.
Volume 36, Issue 1, April 2022, Pages 235–244
Moise Bomana Mavungu1
1 Doctorant en sciences politiques, Chef de travaux à l’Université de Lubumbashi, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2022 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
In principle, the parliament’s control over the executive power is grounded on a simple idea. Having received a mandate from the people, the legislative chambers should have the possibility to check how the State manages public affairs. This will help the State continue going on the right way, which most corresponds to the desires of the national community.However, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, political actors who take part in this process (control) have totally distorted or denatured it for unveiled reasons. We consider this distortion or denaturation of the parliament members’ role as political « vicissitudes ». This article is meant to display the various ways in which the parliament’s role is denatured in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has the merit to reveal to the large public the new and hidden side of the members of parliament mission as they control the government’s actions. Instead of ensuring transparency and efficiency in the State management, this parliamentary prerogative is surprisingly turned into a mean means for getting more wealth and hold on power.
Author Keywords: Controlling government action, political responsibility, ineffective government action, bugdet control, accumulation of wealth.
Abstract: (french)
Dans son principe, le contrôle parlementaire exercé sur le pouvoir exécutif procède d’une idée simple: mandataires du peuple, les Chambres législa tives doivent être à même de surveiller la conduite des affaires de l’Etat en vue de la maintenir dans la ligne qui correspond le mieux aux aspirations de la collectivité nationale.Cependant, dans la pratique politique congolaise, les acteurs politiques impliqués dans ce processus de contrôle, ont, pour des raisons inavouées, délibérément dénaturé et dévoyé celui-ci. C’est ce dévoiement ou cette dénaturation du processus de contrôle parlementaire que nous qualifions, dans cette réflexion, d’« avatars ». Cet article s’efforce de présenter les différentes manifestations de la dénaturation du contrôle parlementaire en République démocratique du Congo. Il a le mérite de révéler, au grand public, le nouveau visage, mieux la face cachée de la mission parlementaire du contrôle de l’action gouvernementale. Ce contrôle, plutôt que de permettre la transparence et l’efficacité dans la gestion étatique, elle a étrangement servi de moyen d’accumulation éhontée des ressources et de conservation de pouvoir.
Author Keywords: Contrôle de l’action gouvernementale, responsabilité politique, inefficacité de l’action gouvernementale, contrôle budgétaire, accumulation des ressources.
How to Cite this Article
Moise Bomana Mavungu, “Political vicissitudes of the parliament’s right of controlling the government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 235–244, April 2022.
