The Front's programme rests on The Pact for National Renewal, its reference document published in French and in English: fifteen chapters — from peace to the diaspora —, a democratic roadmap in three horizons, a glossary and one hundred and thirty-nine sources. The Front's doctrine, the twelve public policy directions of the citizen pact and the country's key figures complete the whole.The Pact of Refoundation
The programme of the Front is built on the architecture of “The Pact for National Renewal”: a guiding thread — a break with the past, national renewal, emergence —, three levels of reading, eight evaluation criteria, twelve public policy directions, fifteen chapters, a democratic roadmap in three horizons (100 days, 2 years, 5 years), a glossary of 31 terms and a bibliography of 139 sources.
The guiding thread of the roadmap, as the pact sets it out: three words describing a civilian framework — breaking legally with what blocks development and destroys trust, renewing institutions, and pursuing a human, economic and civic emergence whose results can be measured.
The break with the past called for here targets neither individuals nor a change of power by force. It means breaking, through democratic and legal channels, with arbitrary rule, impunity, opacity, disregard for service users and practices that divert resources from education, healthcare, water, work and justice. A public…
Institutional renewal does not mean changing the name of a governing authority. It means making institutions reliable: effective law, an administration that gives reasons for its actions, elected representatives and services subject to scrutiny, published budgets and accessible avenues of redress. It is evident when rights do…
Emergence is the ultimate goal, not a label to proclaim. It must be visible in safer lives, children who learn, families with access to healthcare, better-supported productive activity and genuinely accessible justice. Economic growth matters, but it is not enough if services remain inadequate or rights remain unequal. For this…
The prologue states that these three words “are neither a quotation nor the programme of an institution”: they describe the civilian framework of the document.
The Front does not start from a blank page. Its Charter, adopted by the Executive Committee and applied by all the organs, sets the doctrine that guides the whole programme. The refoundation programme is its implementation.
A party that means to be activist in instituting bold reforms for the economic and social progress of the population: food, education, justice, health, quality housing, decent work, social protection.
« N'est vrai que ce qui fonctionne réellement. » Une politique se juge d'abord à ses implications pratiques. Le pragmatisme est une attitude philosophique, non un dogme : ne pas s'enfermer dans une idéologie, mais en tirer les bonnes pratiques.
An open economy, driven by the market, supported and regulated by the State: freedom of enterprise, but also solidarity, social justice, equity, equal opportunity and access for all to the common goods.
Rupture avec les antivaleurs du passé et du présent, et mobilisation des énergies, de l'audace, de la créativité et des intelligences des Congolais, en comptant d'abord sur nos propres forces. « Un projet pouvant se résumer par deux mots : rupture et reconstruction. »
To make the Democratic Republic of the Congo an emerging, democratic and peaceful country, at the service of its people and a catalyst for regional development.
The Front puts this vision into effect using the pact’s method: reasoned decisions, identified owners, tracked budgets, safeguards for rights and verifiable results.
The roadmap is an institutional working proposal. It does not ask anyone to join a person, a party or an organisation: it proposes rules, rights, budgets and services to be examined against a single question — does the Republic actually protect people and account for its actions?
They are dated, sourced and accompanied by their limits: an estimate is not a census, a projection is not a result, and a national indicator does not describe every territory.
They address durable questions: effective access to the law, collective services, scrutiny of those in charge, knowledge, the environment and dialogue.
The mechanisms introduced by “the manuscript proposes” or “the roadmap could” are proposals: they commit no person, institution or organisation.
A measure can only be examined against eight elements: its legal basis, its accountable owner, its full cost, its funding source, its timeline, its safeguards for rights, its routes of appeal and an outcome indicator.
The Front’s twelve measures, published below, are examined against this grid: responsible institution, safeguards, funding, evaluation and deadline.
Source: The Pact for National Renewal, introduction, p. 5-6.The Pact of Refoundation
A programme is judged first on its knowledge of the field. These are the benchmarks the Front commits to, and will keep up to date.
113 million inhabitants, growth of 3.2% a year — the fastest in Central Africa.
A national GDP of $91 billion. The country ranks 174th of 189 for income per inhabitant.
Threshold of $3 a day (2021 PPP). 69% of the population lives below the national poverty line (ENS 2024).
And only 13% for safely managed sanitation. A country that produces the continent's electricity leaves one Congolese in five in the dark.
One of the lowest in sub-Saharan Africa, after decades of decline.
Beyond eighteen billion dollars, in a country whose public revenue barely reaches 15% of GDP.
Data from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, United Nations and the National Institute of Statistics (2024-2026). 2025 figures are estimates. The full bibliography of the Pact for National Renewal — 139 sources, with their vintage and definition — is published in the glossary and references.
Formulated on 23 May 2025, taken up and hardened on 9 October 2026, the citizen pact in twelve measures is the Front’s immediate framework for action. It is the hinge between the long-term programme and the government of the transition.
As reported: “End dictatorship”.
Radio Okapi, 24 May 2025 ; Actualité.cd, 9 October 2026
The problem — The problem. A power that maintains itself through fear, identity division and the closure of institutions. Legitimacy is not decreed: it is built through constitutional text and a free vote.A power that survives on fear, on ethnic division and on the closure of institutions. Legitimacy cannot be proclaimed: it is built through constitutional text and a free vote.
As reported: “Stop the war”.
Radio Okapi, 24 May 2025 ; Actualité.cd, 9 October 2026
The problem — A war of more than two years in the East that has killed hundreds of thousands, displaced millions and destroyed infrastructure. 5.4 million dead since 1998 according to the International Rescue Committee.
As reported: “Restore state authority throughout the territory”.
Radio Okapi, 24 May 2025 ; Actualité.cd, 9 October 2026
The problem — The problem. Only 22.5% of the population has access to electricity; the public administration is absent from vast areas. Without authority, there is neither security, nor investment, nor justice.Only 22.5% of the population has access to electricity; the public administration is absent from vast areas. Without authority there is no security, no investment and no justice.
As reported: “Restore democracy and the rule of law”.
Radio Okapi, 24 May 2025 ; Actualité.cd, 9 October 2026
The problem — The instrumentalisation of the justice system, arbitrary arrests and detentions aimed at officers, opponents, activists and journalists; the workings of a referendum bill that would weaken the political balance inherited from the Sun City agreements.
As reported: “Restore fundamental freedoms”.
Radio Okapi, 24 May 2025 ; Actualité.cd, 9 October 2026
The problem — The problem. Journalists and activists imprisoned, parties and associations banned, the exclusion of the media: public freedoms have become a hostage of the crisis.Journalists and activists in prison, parties and associations barred from operating, the exclusion of the media: the public freedoms have become a hostage of the crisis.
As reported: “Reconcile the Congolese people and rebuild national cohesion”.
Radio Okapi, 24 May 2025 ; Actualité.cd, 9 October 2026
The problem — The problem. Hate speech financed and spread by officials, discrimination targeting Tutsis and Rwandophones, entire communities displaced: the fracture has become institutional.Hate speech financed and carried by officials, discrimination against the Tutsi and against Rwandophones, entire communities displaced: the fracture has become institutional.
As reported: “Revive development through good governance and equitable sharing”.
Radio Okapi, 24 May 2025 ; Actualité.cd, 9 October 2026
The problem — Corruption swallows a large share of the budget, the debt exceeds $18 billion, the domestic budget deficit remains negative and debt service absorbs close to 7% of public revenue. Growth — 5.5% in 2025 — stays concentrated in the extractive sector: 10.1% against 3.1% for the rest of the economy.
As reported: “Establish sincere and permanent dialogue with neighbouring countries”.
Radio Okapi, 24 May 2025 ; Actualité.cd, 9 October 2026
The problem — The problem. Degraded relations, agreements not honoured — from Doha to the agreement on strategic minerals —, the image of a country that does not keep its commitments: credibility is lost.Degraded relations, agreements not honoured — from Doha to the agreement on strategic minerals —, the image of a country that does not keep its commitments: credibility is lost.
As reported: “Restore credibility with partners”.
Radio Okapi, 24 May 2025 ; Actualité.cd, 9 October 2026
The problem — The problem. Commitments not honoured, unmanageable public debt, a structural budget deficit: without credibility, neither credit, nor investment, nor aid find their way.Commitments not honoured, an unmanageable public debt, a structural budget deficit: without credibility, neither credit, nor investment, nor aid finds its way.
As reported: “Neutralise armed groups and repatriate foreign groups”.
Radio Okapi, 24 May 2025 ; Actualité.cd, 9 October 2026
The problem — The problem. Massacres in Ituri, at Beni and in Lubero; millions displaced; the de facto integration of militias into the regular army, without chain of command or control.Massacres in Ituri, at Beni and in the Lubero; millions displaced; a de facto integration of militias into the regular army, without command structure or control.
As reported: “End recourse to and the use of mercenaries”.
Radio Okapi, 24 May 2025 ; Actualité.cd, 9 October 2026
The problem — The problem. Foreign private armies have fought for the Republic: this is a violation of sovereignty and an international disqualification of the State.Foreign private armies have fought for the Republic: this is a violation of sovereignty and a disqualification of the State in the eyes of the international community.
As reported: “Secure the withdrawal of foreign troops”.
Radio Okapi, 24 May 2025 ; Actualité.cd, 9 October 2026
The problem — The problem. Foreign forces occupy part of the territory: this is a matter of violated sovereignty, and the condition for the rest of the programme to be credible.Foreign forces occupy part of the territory: this is a flagrant breach of sovereignty, and the precondition for the rest of the programme to be credible.
The terms used by the Pact for National Renewal, defined as the document defines them.
This book proposes a civilian, verifiable and non-violent break with the past , national renewal and emergence . A break with the past uses the law to combat arbitrary power, impunity, opacity and disregard for public service; national renewal makes institutions, rights, public services and ethical standards more reliable; emergence…
Chapter sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
On 23 May 2025, Joseph Kabila presented what he called a “citizen pact” in twelve proposals. Radio Okapi published the full list the following day. On 9 October 2026, he returned to these same priorities, stating that they had been ignored. Actualité.cd again reproduced the twelve points, in very similar terms. This chapter explains…
Chapter sources: 1, 3, 4
Civil peace does not begin with a declaration. It begins when a family can sleep without fear, receive healthcare, send its children to school and exercise a right without being humiliated. In the DRC, it requires protecting displaced people, responding to the emergency without trapping them in dependency on aid, delivering justice for…
Chapter sources: 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
A just state does not ask citizens to take its word for it. It gives them enforceable rights, a responsive administration, accounts that everyone can read and remedies that work. It accepts scrutiny, even when that scrutiny inconveniences those in power. National renewal therefore does not mean multiplying legal texts. The Republic has a…
Chapter sources: 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
The DRC has become more populous and more urban. It remains marked by mass poverty. Its growth does not automatically translate into jobs, income or public services. National renewal must therefore measure honestly, spend usefully and account for its actions.
Chapter sources: 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
The DRC’s primary shortage is not land, water or farming knowhow. Too often, it lacks the chain that connects a secure field to a healthy plate of food: a defensible land right, appropriate advice, a passable road, storage and a fair market. This is the difference between agricultural potential and genuine food security. The priority is…
Chapter sources: 28, 29, 30, 31, 32
National renewal is judged by what it protects at the time of a birth, an illness, a loss of income or a water shortage. The DRC has made progress since the early 2010s, but a national average does not guarantee everyone a continuous, affordable and dignified service. This chapter proposes a single public contract for health, water,…
Chapter sources: 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 +1
National renewal begins when every child can go to school, remain there safely and genuinely learn to read, write, reason and cooperate. It continues when adolescents can choose a worthwhile technical education, when students can investigate a concrete problem, and when culture and sport become accessible places of learning. The…
Chapter sources: 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 +2
Emergence is not measured by the potential of a river, the inauguration of a road or the length of a fibre-optic cable. It is measured by a service that holds up: a light in a maternity ward, a road that remains passable after rain, a telephone that makes it possible to contact a market or a public administration. The DRC must pursue…
Chapter sources: 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 +1
Chapter sources: 61, 62, 63, 64, 65
Giving young people a future means neither issuing them a slogan nor promising them an online account, credit or a job that does not yet exist. It is a comprehensive public policy: enabling everyone who can to learn, work under fair conditions, create a viable activity or have their skills recognised. Employment is broader than…
Chapter sources: 45, 46, 52, 53, 105, 106, 107, 108 +31
The Congolese forest is neither a reserve of credits to be sold in advance nor an empty expanse available for decisions taken far from those who live there. It is a living environment, a reservoir of biodiversity and a basis for economic activities. Sustainable prosperity begins with respect for rights and verifiable public accounts. The…
Chapter sources: 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73 +3
Useful diplomacy is not confined to summits or communiqués. It can be recognised at a border where small-scale legal trade is possible, in an agreement that anyone can consult and in a province capable of arranging for infrastructure to be inspected. Sovereignty does not mean turning inwards. It means that the Republic knows its…
Chapter sources: 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82
The diaspora must be neither a presumed source of readily available money, nor a reserve of votes, nor a population ordered to return. It consists of free individuals with their own life paths, professions, networks and family responsibilities. The Republic can create conditions that allow those who wish to do so to contribute to…
Chapter sources: 17, 18, 83, 84, 85, 90
Returning to one’s country can be a profound hope. It is never a collective order. For Congolese refugees, return must remain a free, informed, safe and dignified decision. The right to return to the DRC removes neither the right to seek asylum, nor protection against forced return, nor other legal solutions. This chapter proposes a…
Chapter sources: 9, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 +7
Each chapter is presented from the pact. The full text, its glossary and its 139 references are available for download.
The deadlines are proposed: they commit no person, organisation, government or administration. Every measure must respect constitutional powers, finance laws, public procurement rules and fundamental rights.
Establish the evidence and the safeguards
The first priority would be to publish a shared baseline. The competent institutions could take stock of the budgets, contracts, transfers, priority services, complaints and territorial data already available, distinguishing what is observed, estimated or projected. They could establish a minimum public information sheet for every priority project: responsible party, legal basis, timetable, full cost, funding, expected result, non-sensitive data and avenue of appeal. At the same time, guarantees must precede trials. A protocol for data protection,…
Test, correct and make services trackable
Following legal and budgetary approval, the competent authorities could launch mechanisms on a manageable scale in participating territories: local law and service centres; land service desks with documented mediation and avenues of appeal; health-water-sanitation contracts; apprenticeship contracts; territorial rural market contracts; border service pacts in areas where a continuous civilian presence is possible; and local forest-climate-prosperity pacts. Trials should not be confused with a general rollout. Each site should publish its initial…
Embed evaluation in the institution
At five years, a credible reform would be recognised not by the number of announcements but by its ability to survive changes in leadership. Useful mechanisms could be embedded in legislation and ordinary budgets, following public evaluation. Assemblies, the Court of Auditors, courts, inspectorates, regulatory authorities, provinces and civil society organisations would exercise their respective roles without one replacing another. The two programmes would each undergo a separate independent evaluation. For the diaspora, it would verify lasting…
Source: The Pact for National Renewal, democratic roadmap, p. 97-103.The Pact of Refoundation
The Pact for National Renewal comes with a glossary of thirty-one terms and a bibliography of one hundred and thirty-nine sources. The Front makes them its documentary reference.
A programme without verifiable indicators is merely a press release. The Front undertakes to publish periodically the state of progress of each of the twelve measures.
| Mesure | Premier engagement vérifiable | Fréquence de suivi |
|---|---|---|
| 01 · Fin de la tyrannie | Texte de la charte de transition adopté et publié | Trimestrielle |
| 02 · Arrêter la guerre | Protocole de cessez-le-feu signé et vérifié | Mensuelle |
| 03 · Autorité de l'État | Retour de l'administration dans les territoires libérés | Mensuelle |
| 04 · Démocratie et État de droit | Liste des prisonniers politiques libérés | Mensuelle |
| 05 · Libertés fondamentales | Levée effective des interdictions d'activités | Mensuelle |
| 06 · Cohésion nationale | Installation de la Commission de vérité et de réconciliation | Semestrielle |
| 07 · Bonne gouvernance | Publication du rapport du commissariat aux comptes | Annuelle |
| 08 · Dialogue avec les voisins | Compte rendu public des rencontres de dialogue | Trimestrielle |
| 09 · Crédibilité internationale | Rapport public sur l'exécution des engagements | Semestrielle |
| 10 · Groupes armés | Cellules démantelées et combattants réintégrés | Mensuelle |
| 11 · Fin des mercenaires | Publication du registre des unités opérant sur le territoire | Trimestrielle |
| 12 · Retrait des troupes | Calendrier public de retrait et état d'avancement | Mensuelle |
“The Pact for National Renewal” is the Front's reference document: one hundred and ten pages, fifteen chapters, in French and in English, published on 26 October 2026. It has the status of an institutional working proposal: it is neither signed, nor approved, nor mandated by Joseph Kabila, and it is open to discussion.
The twelve directions reported publicly by Radio Okapi on 24 May 2025: end dictatorship; stop the war; restore state authority throughout the territory; restore democracy and the rule of law; restore fundamental freedoms; reconcile the Congolese people and rebuild national cohesion; revive development through good governance; establish sincere and permanent dialogue with neighbouring countries; restore credibility with partners; neutralise armed groups and repatriate foreign groups; end recourse to and the use of mercenaries; secure the withdrawal of foreign troops.
The first hundred days, the two-year horizon and the five-year horizon. The deadlines are proposals: they commit no person, organisation, government or administration. Every measure must respect constitutional competences, finance laws, public procurement rules and fundamental rights.
