New Premier Acts to Shake Up Regime
From Times Wire Reports
Just a day after becoming Zairian prime minister, Etienne Tshisekedi announced that he was annulling the constitution, dissolving the Parliament and offering six Cabinet seats to the rebels. The rebels rejected the offer of Cabinet posts, saying that to accept them would be inconsistent with their goal of deposing President Mobutu Sese Seko. And some politicians questioned Tshisekedi’s authority to make the other changes.
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