The new guardians of the public pot are finally appointed to the Ilunkamba Government. Baudouin Mayo Mambeke enters as Budget Minister with the rank of Deputy Prime Minister. For his part, Jose Sele Yalaghuli hitherto mobilizer of tax revenues becomes national money, better, Minister of Finance.

By their functions, two members of the Government will have a transversal and global view, except the Prime Minister, of the day-to-day management of the country. All members of the government team will work with them. Their common point is that they are part of the chain of public spending which through the Ministry of Budget through the Ministry of Finance to close at the Central Bank of Congo.

Budget, state emergencies

Regarding the Ministry of Budget, Baudouin Mayo finds « priority » files that require him to treat them as an emergency procedure. First, there is the budget collective of the current year to defend in Parliament at the next parliamentary session. Pierre Kangudia’s successor will be asked to adjust the parameters in imbalances, notably the expenditures of the Head of State’s 100 days program.

Constraint: This Budget 2019 Amending Bill should be introduced, reviewed and adopted prior to the consideration of the 2020 Budget Project.

Mes félicitations son excellence Monsieur le ministre du budget(Maître Baudouin Mayo) pic.twitter.com/KUIQmBP9gH

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Then there is the preparation of the State Budget for the year 2020 in line with the program of government to be approved by the National Assembly. Unlike Budget 2019, which was approved at $ 5.9 billion, Budget 2020 should reach US $ 8.6 billion to comply with the ambition of the head of state expressed during the election campaign.

Finance, priority files

Increasing the mobilization of public funds, particularly through the fight against corruption in the financial registers of the DR Congo, is one of the main priorities of the new Minister of Finance. This, in order to allow the Government to have the necessary means to face public expenses that are urgent, urgent and even asphyxiating with the needs.

This is the case of the funding of free basic education in the public sector, the application of which requires the Government to mobilize 28 million US dollars each month.

Félicitations au ministre des finances Sele. Il est Competent, travailleur et professionnel. Ayant été dir. de cabinet au Bceco, au minist. des finances et à la Primature pendant près de 13 ans, cet ancien DG/DGI est expérimenté et suffisamment rodé pour exercer la fonction.

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The second issue concerns the resumption of the formal program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on which its predecessor, Henri Yav Mulang has done a thorough job. Indeed, José Sele will find on his table the conclusions, in the form of recommendations, of the Governing Body of this Bretton Woods institution on the recent evaluation under Article IV.

The challenge for him will be to speed up the process, as governor-country, for the DRC to formulate its request to go into program with the IMF and budget support.

All in all, these two animators of the Siamese ministries will have to register their action in accordance with the objectives that will be assigned to them by the Prime Minister, Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba.

Emilie MBOYO