{"id":8382,"date":"2023-04-20T14:50:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T14:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aziza.com.ng\/read\/?p=8382"},"modified":"2024-10-30T09:27:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T09:27:22","slug":"history-of-house-of-representatives-in-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aziza.com.ng\/read\/history-of-house-of-representatives-in-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"HISTORY OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGO"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

This post defines the House of Representatives, discusses the history of the house, the parliament and its electoral system.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DEFINED:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The House of Representatives is\u00a0one of the two houses of the Congress\u00a0and is often referred to as \u201cthe House\u201d. \u00a0It is the lower chamber of Parliament. The number of representatives each state has in the House of Representatives is proportional to its population<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

HISTORY:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Politics of the Democratic Republic of Congo\u00a0take place in a framework of a republic in transition from a civil war to a\u00a0semi-presidential\u00a0republic.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

On 18 and 19 December 2005, a successful nationwide referendum was carried out on a draft constitution, which set the stage for elections in 2006. The voting process, though technically difficult due to the lack of\u00a0infrastructure, was facilitated and organized by the Congolese Independent Electoral Commission with support from the UN mission to the Congo (MONUC). Early UN reports indicate that the voting was for the most part peaceful, but spurred violence in many parts of the war-torn east and the Kasais.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In 2006, many Congolese complained that the constitution was a rather ambiguous document and were unaware of its contents. This is due in part to the high rates of illiteracy in the country. However, interim President Kabila urged Congolese to vote ‘Yes’, saying the constitution is the country’s best hope for peace in the future. 25 million Congolese turned out for the two-day balloting. According to results released in January 2006, the constitution was approved by 84% of voters.\u00a0The new constitution also aims to decentralize authority, dividing the vast nation into 25 semi-autonomous provinces, drawn along ethnic and cultural lines.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The country’s first democratic elections in four decades were held on 30 July 2006.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

From the day of the arguably ill-prepared independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the tensions between the powerful leaders of the political elite, such as\u00a0Joseph Kasa Vubu,\u00a0Patrice Lumumba,\u00a0Moise Tshombe,\u00a0Joseph Mobutu\u00a0and others, jeopardize the political stability of the new state. From Tshombe’s secession of the Katanga, to the assassination of Lumumba, to the two\u00a0coups d’\u00e9tat\u00a0of Mobutu, the country has known periods of true nationwide peace, but virtually no period of genuine democratic rule.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

PARLIAMENT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The parliament of the Democratic Republic of Congo consists of two chambers;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n