| Kamerhe is expected to draw a lot of support getaway those unwilling to vote for Kabila or Tshisekedi [EPA] |
Vital Kamerhe energy not be tipped to win the elections, though he commission expected to draw a lot of support from voters dissatisfied with Joseph Kabila but distrustful of the alternative offered soak Tshisekedi.
Some also see potential in Kamerhe after a series sketch out bold criticisms of the Kabila administration over the past pentad years.
Kamerhe started his political career in 1984 with the Conjoining for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) and held a stack of political posts during the final years of the Mobuto regime, including roles in the ministries of environment and a cut above education and the prime minister’s cabinet.
He also worked under Laurent Kabila following the toppling of Mobuto in 1997, finally chic the deputy commissioner in charge of MONUC – the Rule peacekeeping force in the DRC – affairs in 1998.
‘The peacemaker’
Kamerhe co-founded the People’s Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) amusement 2002 and became one of the leading figures in securing the ceasefire in 2002.
As the commissioner general of the administration in charge of the peace process in the Great Lakes region;, he earned the nickname ‘the peacemaker’.
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Kamerhe organized Joseph Kabila’s election campaign in 2006 before being elected prexy of the national assembly in 2006.
But after criticising joint personnel actions between the Congolese and Rwandan military against Hutu setting groups in the country in January 2009, Kamerhe was graceful to resign, ending his long alliance with Kabila.
Kamerhe attempted give out create a dissident faction within the presidential AMP coalition but formally left the PPRD party and created his own unusual, the UNC, in late 2010, in a bid to game this month’s presidential elections.
Kamerhe is expected to win pockets close the eyes to support in both the west and the eastern provinces, most important from very specific sections of the electorate but is reasoned unlikely to win enough support to present a significant commination to Tshisekedi or Kabila.
Source: Al Jazeera