Kinshasa, August 16th, 2026 (CPA).- The Minister in charge of Sport for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Didier Budimbu, has invited the capital’s V. Club to his office on Monday for a meeting to clarify matters relating to the elective general Assembly, which was originally scheduled for Sunday but has been postponed to a later date, according to a press release.
“With a view to reach a compromise on the convening of this elective General Assembly and the organisation of peaceful elections, a meeting of clarification is convened on Monday, August 17th, 2026, at 2.00 pm in the office of His Excellency the Minister in charge of Sport and Leisure, in the presence of the General Secretary for Sport and Leisure and the Director Chief of the services of Physical and Sporting Activities”, it is read. Consequently, according to this press release dated August 15th and signed by the General Secretary for Sport and Leisure, Alain Mboko Iyeti, consulted on Sunday by CPA, the elective General Assembly of the Dauphins Noirs of Kinshasa, scheduled for the same Sunday at the Catholic Interdiocesan Centre of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) in Gombe, to the north of Kinshasa, is postponed to a later date.
“The Secretary for Sport and Leisure hereby informs the leaders of the statutory bodies of the Vita Club Sports Association, the sporting authorities and the political and administrative authorities of the city of Kinshasa in Kinshasa Province that, following contradictory correspondence between the Executive Committee and the Council of Elders, the elective General Assembly convened on Sunday, August 16th, 20226, is postponed to a later date.” It has been announced that the following are invited to this meeting: two delegates from the Executive Committee (the General Secretary and the Acting President of the football section); two delegates from the Council of Elders (the Chairman and the Secretary); two delegates from the Supporters’ Committee (the Coordinator and the Secretary); and, finally, two delegates from the Electoral Commission (the Chairman and the Secretary).
The central government’s Ministry in charge of Sport and Leisure has taken this initiative following a series of three statements from the V.Club Council of Elders, which, on the same day – Saturday, August 15th, highlighting a certain divergence of views regarding the mini-meeting and this Extraordinary General Election Meeting. It is therefore understood that, following this clarificatory meeting, all differences of opinion between the various parties will be resolved, with a view to ensuring the smooth organisation of this Extraordinary General Meeting for the election. CPA/