Kinshasa: a resolution of disqualification against a member of the bureau of the Provincial Assembly

Kinshasa, October 9^th, 2025 (CPA). – A draft resolution seeking the removal from office of Germaine Tshinyama, current vice-president of the Kinshasa Provincial Assembly (APK), in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been forwarded to the bureau of this provincial legislative body, according to correspondence received on Thursday by CPA. « In accordance with the provisions of articles 31, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 46 of our rules of procedure, we hereby transmit to you the motion for a resolution for disqualification better described in the subject. This draft for a resolution of disqualification concerns the provincial deputy Germaine Tshinyama, vice-president of the bureau of the provincial assembly of Kinshasa », it is read in the document signed by the provincial deputy Steve Mulumba, the elected representative of the electoral district of Lemba, in the centre of the Congolese capital. In addition, Steve Mulumba, provincial deputy and initiator of the petition, has requested for a plenary session to be convened within the prescribed timeframe to examine and adopt the resolution. The members of the bureau of the Provincial Assembly have been formally notified and more than 15 signatures have already been collected.