Good afternoon, everyone.
Welcome to the Subcommittee on International Human Rights.
We are joined today by Monsieur Félix Tshisekedi. Mr. Tshisekedi was elected as leader of the DRC's Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social (UDPS), and was its presidential candidate in March 2018.
The UDPS is a leading member of an umbrella opposition alliance, founded in June 2016, called le Rassemblement congolais pour la démocratie, of which Mr. Tshisekedi is also the leader.
Mr. Tshisekedi succeeded his father, Étienne Tshisekedi, who founded the UDPS and led the Rassemblement until his death on February 1, 2017. Mr. Félix Tshisekedi led the Rassemblement delegation during the negotiations of the Saint Sylvester agreement to secure elections in 2017.
With that, I'm not going to go further in terms of the background because I think we want to take advantage of every minute we have with this particular witness.
Mr. Tshisekedi, perhaps you can take 10 or 12 minutes to provide us with some information and then we will open the floor to questions from the members, who I know are anxious to interact with you.
Thank you very much.
Please proceed.