internet<\/a>, signed by an unknown Diaspora group called MPDC, asking for Luhaka to replace Mwamba. The two MLC leaders see this as a ploy to put them against each other and have ignored it so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBut this is not the first time the MLC has been riven by internal strife. Their popularity in 2006 elections was due to Jean-Pierre Bemba. Now that he is locked up the The Hague, pending trial at the International Criminal Court, the party has become headless. Bemba continues to issue orders to his party members via mobile phone from his jail cell, and still controls the purse strings of the party. « Until Bemba’s fate is decided, the party will be adrift, » an MLC leader told me a few days ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This plays into Joseph Kabila’s re-election strategy for 2011. He may not be very popular in much of the country, but if there is no credible opponent, he may win by default.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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