Whether or not there is a ‘shift’ in the forthcoming elections in DRC, the country has clearly entered the pre-electoral campaign period. As presidential candidates rarely fail to do, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi played on the vagueness of his dual status, granting an interview on 8 July that sounded more like an election manifesto, but with the stature guaranteed by a public broadcaster like Radio-Télévision Nationale Congolaise (RTNC).
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