Kinshasa, October 15th of 2028.

The DRC has been enduring a process - that process is the democratization of the DRC with Moise Katumbi and the DA. The rise of Joseph Kabila has proved disastrous for this nation, through the rise of cronyism, nepotism and bribery all over the country; this concern, that the DRC will be nothing more than a failed state, has been a nightmare come true time and time again, the Mai-Mai militias, the rebellions which originated in Rwanda, the collapse of Zaire, and now, the Congolese curse has been finally dispelled.

Katumbi has been launching programs to completely transform the Congo from within, with economic investments, with welfare programs, with the development of a national infrastructure grid, dams, oil and gas exploration, and all that comes with these investments, including record gdp per capita and nominal gdp growth.

However, there are still opponents, a dozen a dime, which complain about the “Katumbi Method”, and argue that the series of free market reforms have been increasing the disparity gap between the impoverished Congolese and the “top 1%”; however, even these criticisms by the CFC haven’t been enough to really put a dent on the Congolese politician.

The first part of the election was the gubernatorial one, which was, essentially, smooth sailing for the Democratic Alliance; their focus on developing the economy and hitting key infrastructure projects throughout the DRC have been outstanding, their educational plans and their constructions of schools have been crucial, and their microloan program has been stimulating the economy in never-before-seen areas! All of this has led to the following composition for the gubernatorial elections of 2028:

For the National Assembly and its Senate, the competition was harder - the Democratic Alliance had to be quite convincing in the extremely impoverished areas in order to gather their votes; Katumbi insisted on working primarily with hard data of the improvement of their lives under the DA, and tried to convince them of that through visual representation of the improvements of their lives, including images that showed a bolstered plate of food compared to the ones during the Joseph Kabila period, as well as pictures of cities, before and after Katumbi executed his economic reforms programs, and the public housing as well, was a major focus of his campaign as a way to convince the poorer parts of the Congo to vote for him. All in all, it was a convincing argument which gathered him a large amount of chairs throughout the election process; the final composition was the following:

And for the Senate, the composition was:

As for the most important part of the election, the Presidential candidate Moise Katumbi had to face off both Pierre Kwamba and Alongi Bajikijayi Batubenga Kantu wa Disanka; of the CFC and the MLC, respectively; the race had started in October, but it finished on December 5th of 2028.

The CFC candidate had a lot of criticism towards Katumbi’s policies and his apparent disregard for the extremely impoverished by not focusing on comprehensive packages that will create new, well-rounded welfare policies that can improve the lives of millions; while Alongi, heavily criticized Kwamba for wanting a “return to Kabila”, a reference to the latter’s investments in five enterprises previously associated with the ex-President.

These criticisms had their weight, as polls reported a fall of 3-6 points in Kwamba; but Alongi himself was aware that he wasn’t able to win the election, Katumbi had a major influence in Congolese politics and it wasn’t going to go away because of a couple of attacks by Kabilists, his position had been entrenched due to his comprehensive policies, which is why Alongi, who had poached thousands of votes from Pierre during his criticisms and his hardline stance against Kabila, had dropped out of the race, in order to meet with a strong coalition with Katumbi in the second rounds of elections.

Consequently, the voters who were previously pro-Alongi, became pro-Katumbi, which contributed massively to his victory in the second round of elections, with a victory at 61.3% of total votes tallied, against Pierre’s 38.6% - as 0.1% of the voters had abstained.

The Victory - December 5th of 2028.

The Democratic Alliance paraded Katumbi around like a trophy; the democratic, legitimate victory was a major step towards the democratization of the Congo, who still required reforms aplenty in order to become a true, legitimate democracy. This befell on Katumbi’s shoulders, as the comfortable victory of the DA allowed him and his party to pass several democratic reforms, including constitutional reforms, the funding of law enforcement and the prosecution of even more corrupt officials with the OPCCR as a means of preventing electoral fraud and bribery of electoral officials

Katumbi, after being paraded, appeared in front of a major crowd in Kinshasa in order to make his victory speech, which was a rousing speech in the name of democracy and, curiously, pan-africanism; this pivot of ideological thought towards pan-africanism was, at the very least, curious, but it seemed like a small seed was planted on Katumbi’s mind about it. A small part of the victory speech was recorded and put on the DA’s site:

“Bana ya Kongo! Bana ya Nzambi! My fellow brothers and sisters; today we have secured a major victory over cronyism, over bribery, over a dictatorship. We have chosen democracy, faith, secularism and transparency! Our ultimate goal must be the development of an united world, a decent world, which can provide all of us with a decent, well-lived life, and this, this unification of the world, of Africa itself, comes from within! It comes from the Congo, the Congolese, the people, you! This is what it means to be a Congolese, a fighter towards diplomacy! Towards unification! Yenge kieno! Nzambi ka lusakumuna!”

This was, most certainly, a major victory for Katumbi and the people of the Congo, whose democratic triumphs are, already, being seen as a major part of the history of the DRC as a nation itself. Few can know what will come afterwards, but political theorists, economists and experts are all in agreement that the DRC is looking poised to be one of the major African powers of the 21st and 22nd century.