A new government cabinet is in place in the Republic of Congo. It comes after the appointment of a new Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso, with 11 new ministers including Denis Christel Sassou, son of the Congolese president.
Denis Christel Sassou will oversee the management of “international cooperation and the promotion of public-private partnership”.
Reactions are now following the appointment of Christel Sassou in his father Dennis Sassou Nguesso ‘s sixth term.
Noteworthy in the new cabinet is the recall of the former Minister of Finance, Rigobert Roger Andely, nicknamed ‘red bic’, having built a reputation during his tenure between 2002 and 2005
Also in the cabinet is a member of the opposition, appointed as Minister of Energy and Hydraulics. This is for some could be a way to pacify the aggrieved Congolese opposition who denounced the conduct of the last elections held in March.
The minister, Honoré Sayi’s has however been suspended by his party, the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS), over the appointment. The UPADS claims they had not been consulted before hand.
News Analysts say the task ahead for the new government cabinet is huge, saying rising public debt, negotiations with the IMF, water, electricity and the situation of pensioners, are some of the challenges that await the government team.
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