Kinshasa, May 4th, 2025 (CPA) – The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been instructed by the Head of State to identify and analyze the performance of recently-created structures at risk of being abolished or reconfigured, according to the minutes of the 42nd Council of Ministers, read out on Friday on the national television.
“(President Felix Tshisekedi) has instructed the Government to launch a process to identify the structures created in recent years, particularly within the ministries, and to analyze their added value in terms of the resources allocated to them, both in terms of direct expenditures from the public treasury and in indirect resources mobilized, while they could more centralize the general account of the public treasury, » has declared Patrick Muyaya, Minister in charge of Communication and Media, in his reading of the Minutes. “Following this identification, measures ranging from outright abolition to optimized reconfiguration of certain structures will be considered”, he has added, adding that the Office of the President of the Republic is also involved in this rationalization effort.
Patrick Muyaya has specified that this operation is part of the exceptional measures aimed at rationalizing the expenditures of certain public institutions in this period of war of aggression. It is also one of the “additional urgent measures” to restore public finances recommended in such circumstances. “In concrete terms, the exceptional measures will focus on rationalizing expenditures on certain institutions whose relevance is no longer proven, but which continue to mobilize significant resources”, has explained President Felix Tshisekedi, quoted by the Government spokesman. With this in mind, the Head of State has urged the Prime Minister, with the support of his cabinet, to “propose a clear methodology as soon as possible, and to carry out this work with speed and rigor ».
Restoring public finances to accelerate growth
Patrick Muyaya, Minister in charge of Communication and Media, Government Spokesman
In this same context, President Tshisekedi has called for urgent measures to restore public finances, in the context of the war of aggression imposed by Rwanda, according to the Minutes of the 42nd Council of Ministers, read out on the national television.
“This conflict is generating a significant increase in security spending in a context of limited resources. This particular situation calls for a rigorous control of the macro-economic framework, in order to prepare the acceleration of development through the implementation of urgent measures for the recovery and consolidation of public finances”, has indicated Minister Muyaya.
In addition, President Tshisekedi has recalled that DRC has made major commitments to the Bretton Woods institutions, in particular the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as part of a support program based on the Extended Credit Facility and the Resilience and Sustainability Facility.
“ We must be conscious that an innovative and responsible economic offer to release the necessary resources for structuring projects, which will improve the lives of our populations, cannot be dissociated from a thoughtful recovery”, has concluded Felix Tshisekedi.
Since the beginning of the current year, the Government of the Republic has been deploying new financial management measures to meet the demands of the war effort, aimed at supporting the defense and security forces, particularly in the east of the country, in line with the instructions given by the Head of State at previous meetings. Increasing the remuneration of the military and security services in general, as well as improving their logistical conditions, are among the actions recently undertaken to ensure the success of work in this sector.