Tshisekedi Launches Three-Month National Dialogue, Excludes M23

President Tshisekedi launched a three-month national dialogue on state rebuilding, national cohesion and peace, with consultations planned across all 26 provinces ahead of closing sessions in Kinshasa. He explicitly excluded armed groups and actors acting on behalf of foreign powers — ruling out AFC/M23 — and framed the process as institutional strengthening rather than power-sharing, saying "peace cannot mean impunity." The launch comes amid opposition coalition C64's campaign against a constitutional-referendum bill it says would enable a third Tshisekedi term.