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Civil society forces vives of the province of North Kivu, says it is opposed to the messages of certain provincial deputies and notables, calling the population to fiscal disobedience, in case security is not restored in a month.
In a statement made public this Saturday, March 27, 2021, a copy of which reached Politico.cd, this structure invites provincial deputies to refrain from campaigns advocating tax incivism because for it, “the war facing the North Kivu, requires the logistical and financial resources that come from taxpayers. ”
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Civil society, which mentions by name the provincial deputy Promesse Matofali, elected from Butembo, who in a press conference held last Thursday in Goma, affirmed that the population of Beni and Butembo instructed him to tell the authorities that they could not plus paying taxes if “peace is not restored within 30 days.”
Civil society forces vives du Nord-Kivu think that the announcement of fiscal disobedience could signal the beginning of the non-existence of the state in the province of North Kivu.
“Our province currently serves as a model for its political, social and economic organization throughout the DRC despite all the difficulties it knows and the first of which is insecurity”, recalls John Banyene, president of civil society. forces of North Kivu, which considers that the words of the deputy Promesse Matofali are dangerous and calls on the elected representative of Butembo to change the tune by opting for an approach “more unifying and constructive of trust between the population and its leaders, for more efficiency in the war against armed groups. ”
On this occasion, this citizen structure invites the government to regularly return to the province its share of the mobilized revenue pending the operationalization of the withholding tax of 40% of the revenue.
Kiro Wonders
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