Olivier Kamitatu

Diplomats regard National Assembly President Olivier Kamitatu (number two in the MLC behind Bemba) as sophisticated and politically astute and have tried to persuade him to break with Bemba...

Olivier Kamitatu President of the National Assembly and a member of the former rebel Mouvement de Libération du Congo (MLC) told us that the Opposition Politique and Société Civile began by trying to keep the belligerent parties out of the inquiry process that meant parliamentarians from the former government MLC Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie (RCD) RCD-Mouvement de Libération (RCD-ML) and RCD-National (RCD-N)...

As for the Hutu forces remaining across the border in Kivu provinces the President of Congo's National Assembly Olivier Kamitatu says there are 8 000; the Mission des Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo (MONUC) says 12 000; Rwanda's military intelligence puts it at 40 000 but declining fast...

A senior MLC man Olivier Kamitatu President of the National Assembly asked in mid-November why the government had not introduced any bills to restore legality and lay the basis for democracy...

On 19 June MLC President Bemba recalled 'for consultation' his main negotiators Olivier Kamitatu MLC Secretary General and nominee for the presidency of the future National Assembly and Antoine Ghonda...

MLC Secretary General Olivier Kamitatu told Africa Confidential a transitional government even without the RCD-Goma would help the international community to get foreign troops withdrawn...

Olivier Kamitatu of the Mouvement de Libération du Congo also thinks the donors' meeting premature...

The MLC's Secretary General Olivier Kamitatu says his movement simply wanted 'to ensure respect for the territorial integrity of the neighbouring country' with which relations were excellent...

Tactical withdrawal The MLC Secretary General Olivier Kamitatu told Africa Confidential that two other government barges were stranded on the bank at Moawiya between Libenge and Dongo...

The MLC's Secretary General or 'Prime Minister' Olivier Kamitatu is 38 and was born in Brussels...