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Constitutional inflation and the crisis of patriotic citizenship in the DRC

Constitutional inflation and the crisis of patriotic citizenship in the DRC

Kabiena Kuluila, Pierre Valéry D.

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General Sociology

ISBN10: 6208612373
ISBN13: 9786208612375
Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
Published: Jan 30 2025
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The overproduction of constitutional texts in Congo-Zaïre is a sign not only of ideological inconstancy and political groping - often coupled with blind mimicry - but also and above all of the crisis of citizenship and authentic patriotism, such that pseudo-patriotic citizens, or better still predatocratic Zaïro-Congolese citizens of all stripes and backgrounds, whenever they have the opportunity, proceed much more on the basis of patrimonialist and segregationist logic than of a serious attachment to republican and democratic values and virtues. For this type of socio-political actor, Congo-Zaïre is a patrimony, a conquered land or a preserve that they would like to manage without sharing, even if the real problems of the Zaïro-Congolese nation remain unresolved. The embezzlement of public funds, the plundering of state assets, the flight of capital abroad and widespread impunity through discriminatory, tailor-made laws and judicial procedures serve as the basis for any comprador governance they establish to the detriment of the popular masses.

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