[ Les Assistants parlementaires en République Démocratique du Congo: Le cas de l'Assemblée Nationale ]
Volume 56, Issue 1, August 2021, Pages 33–42
Mutula Bulenga Florentin1
1 Licencié en Sciences Politiques et Administratives, Apprenant (Auditeur) en 3è cycle en Sciences Politiques à l'Université Pédagogique Nationale, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2021 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This paper is explaining the missions of a parliamentary assistant. Parliamentary assistantship is a new political profession whose missions are not knowing by many persons in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Parliamentary Assistants are not carriers of deputies briefcases or shopping boys and girls. They have a very important role in the exercise of a parliamentary mandate.For this purpose, they prepare amendments to proposals and bills; they prepare bills that the deputy wants to table; they make briefing notes for the deputy's speeches and speeches; they advise the deputy; they write parliamentary questions and so on. Thus, the choice of a parliamentary assistant is a very essential element for the success of the parliamentary mandate. But it should be noted that, the function of parliamentary assistant is not currently secure. That is why this study also proposes solutions that can help protect parliamentary assistants who are the closest collaborators of deputies.
Author Keywords: Parliamentary collaborator, advice, competence, parliamentary question, political professionalization.
Volume 56, Issue 1, August 2021, Pages 33–42
Mutula Bulenga Florentin1
1 Licencié en Sciences Politiques et Administratives, Apprenant (Auditeur) en 3è cycle en Sciences Politiques à l'Université Pédagogique Nationale, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2021 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
This paper is explaining the missions of a parliamentary assistant. Parliamentary assistantship is a new political profession whose missions are not knowing by many persons in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Parliamentary Assistants are not carriers of deputies briefcases or shopping boys and girls. They have a very important role in the exercise of a parliamentary mandate.For this purpose, they prepare amendments to proposals and bills; they prepare bills that the deputy wants to table; they make briefing notes for the deputy's speeches and speeches; they advise the deputy; they write parliamentary questions and so on. Thus, the choice of a parliamentary assistant is a very essential element for the success of the parliamentary mandate. But it should be noted that, the function of parliamentary assistant is not currently secure. That is why this study also proposes solutions that can help protect parliamentary assistants who are the closest collaborators of deputies.
Author Keywords: Parliamentary collaborator, advice, competence, parliamentary question, political professionalization.
Abstract: (french)
Cet article consiste à expliquer les missions d’un assistant parlementaire. L’assistanat parlementaire est une nouvelle profession politique dont les missions sont très peu connues en République Démocratique du Congo. Les Assistants parlementaires ne sont pas des porteurs des mallettes ou des garçons et filles de courses des députés. Ils jouent un rôle très important dans l’exercice d’un mandat parlementaire.A cet effet, ils préparent les amendements des propositions et projets de loi; ils préparent des propositions de loi que le député veut déposer; ils font des notes de synthèse d’intervention et discours du député; ils conseillent le député; ils rédigent des questions parlementaires, etc. Ainsi, le choix d’un assistant parlementaire est un élément très essentiel pour la réussite du mandat parlementaire. Mais il faut signaler que la fonction d’assistant parlementaire n’est pas actuellement sécurisée. C’est ainsi que cette étude propose aussi des solutions pouvant permettre de protéger les assistants parlementaires qui sont les collaborateurs les plus proches des députés.
Author Keywords: Collaborateur parlementaire, conseil, compétence, question parlementaire, professionnalisation politique.
How to Cite this Article
Mutula Bulenga Florentin, “Parliamentary Assistants in the Democratic Republic of Congo: The case of the National Assembly,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 33–42, August 2021.
