DRC's Tshisekedi suspends senators' induction over graft suspicions
Kinshasa - DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi on Monday blocked newly-named senators from taking office and called for a probe into corruption that had allegedly stained their election, an official said.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's upper house is elected indirectly by the country's provincial assemblies -- a process that critics say is notorious for kickbacks. The FCC also wields a massive majority in the lower house, the National Assembly, after the December 30 elections won at the presidential level by Tshisekedi.
But he has otherwise struggled to push ahead with legislative reforms in the face of Kabila's power base.
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