Kinshasa, May 3rd, 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 that could be abolished or reconfigured, according to the minutes of the 42nd Council of Ministers, read out on national television on Friday. ‘(President Félix Tshisekedi) instructed the Government to launch a process to identify the structures created in recent years, particularly within the ministries, and to analyse their added value in terms of the resources allocated to them, both in terms of direct expenditure from the public treasury and in terms of indirect resources mobilized, when they could no longer centralize the general account of the public treasury’, said Patrick Muyaya, Minister 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 added, adding that the Office of the President of the Republic is also involved in this rationalization effort. Patrick Muyaya explained that this operation is one of a number of exceptional measures aimed at rationalizing the expenditure of certain public institutions during 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 concern the rationalization of expenditure on certain institutions whose relevance is no longer proven, but which continue to mobilize significant resources’, explained President Félix 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 to him as soon as possible and to carry out this work swiftly and rigorously’.
Restoring public finances to accelerate growth
In the same context, President Tshisekedi called for the introduction of 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 national television. ‘This conflict has led to a significant increase in security spending in a context of limited resources. This particular situation calls for rigorous control of the macro-economic framework, in order to prepare for the acceleration of development through the implementation of urgent measures for the recovery and consolidation of public finances’, said Minister Muyaya. President Tshisekedi also pointed out that the 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.
‘Félix Tshisekedi concluded: ‘We must be aware that an innovative and responsible economic offer to release the resources needed for structuring projects that will improve the lives of our people cannot be dissociated from a considered recovery. Since the beginning of the current year, the Government of the Republic has been deploying new financial management measures aimed at meeting the requirements of the war effort, intended to support the defense and security forces, particularly in the east of the country, in accordance with the instructions of the Head of State given at previous meetings.
Increasing the remuneration of the military and security services in general, as well as improving their logistical conditions, are among the measures taken recently to ensure the success of the work in this sector. ACP/