Congolese Solidarity for Democracy (''Solidarité Congolaise pour la Démocratie'' - SCODE) is a political party in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It was founded by
Jean-Claude Muyambo who remains the party president during his detention.
In the run-up to the November 2011 presidential elections, in June 2011 a fight broke out in
Pweto between militants of the
People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) and those of Congolese Solidarity for Democracy over participation in the June 30 parade.
There were clashes in
Lubumbashi between youthful supporters of
MoÏse Katumbi Chapwe, the Governor of
Katanga Province
Katanga was one of the four large provinces created in the Belgian Congo in 1914.
It was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Tanganyika Province, Tanganyika, Hau ...
and youths supporting SCODE. Youths backing the PPRD attacked the TV channel owned by SCODE president Jean Claude Muyambo. They also ransacked his house and broke its windows.
References
Political parties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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