B2 · Episode 1 · 1:45
Opposition unites behind one candidate
Matata explains that after consultations among five political parties—including his own LGD—Moïse Katumbi was selected as the unified opposition presidential candidate, with three candidates, including himself, having withdrawn to support him.
Source:VOA Afrique(Voice of America) · License:Public domain
Transcript
Il y avait cinq partis politiques, dont le mien, le LGD, Leadership
There were five political parties, including mine, the LGD, Leadership
et Gouvernance pour le Développement,
and Governance for Development,
et il s'est dégagé de ces consultations qu'un candidat
and it emerged from these consultations that a candidate
pouvait donc conduire les tickets.
could therefore lead the tickets.
de l'opposition.
of the opposition.
Et selon les présentations de ITI, le candidat
And according to ITI's presentations, the candidate
Moïse Katumbi était le candidat qui pouvait donc conduire cet ticket de
Moïse Katumbi was the candidate who could therefore lead this ticket of
l'opposition. Je ne suis pas le seul, il y a déjà deux autres candidats qui se sont
the opposition. I am not the only one; there are already two other candidates who have
ralliés, Franck Diongo ainsi que Seth Kikuni se sont ajoutés aujourd'hui déjà à
rallied: Franck Diongo and Seth Kikuni have already joined today to
la liste et moi je pense que
the list and I think that
chemin faisant il y aura certainement d'autres candidats qui vont se rallier à ce
along the way there will certainly be other candidates who will rally to this
groupe. Et voilà, donc c'est un début
group. And there you go—so it’s a beginning
qui a commencé hier avec un parti, un
that began yesterday with a party, a
chef de parti, aujourd'hui il y a deux partis qui ont suivi.
party leader; today there are two parties that have followed.
Je suis convaincu que.
I am convinced that.
par les jours à venir, on aura d'autres candidats.
in the coming days, we will have other candidates.