Provinces and Decentralized Territorial Entities at the Heart of the February 18, 2006 Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Which form of State?

Kangaseke Mbaka, Kisala Mwansa Netty

Abstract: The study that we have conducted in the context of this article turned to the subject of the form of the State established by the constitution of February 18, 2006 which carries within it the provinces and territorial entities decentralized (city, commune, sector and chiefdom). In the light of certain provisions of the said constitution, in particular, Articles 2, 3,201, 202, 203, 204 and 205, we have found that the constituent instituted regionalism at the level of the provinces insofar as the provinces possess firstly immense competences with regard to the constitution and the political institutions proper to exercise their competences, which translate the autonomy which is corollary of the judicial personality? At the level of decentralized territorial entities, decentralization has been instituted. By virtue of this decentralization, the decentralized territorial entities have a legal personality which confers on them administrative, financial, technical and human autonomy

Keywords: Political regionalism, Decentralization, Constitution, Province, Decentralized territorial entities

How to Cite?: Kangaseke Mbaka, Kisala Mwansa Netty, "Provinces and Decentralized Territorial Entities at the Heart of the February 18, 2006 Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Which form of State?", Volume 7 Issue 7, July 2018, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 487-493, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=ART20183837, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/ART20183837