According to L'Observateur, Olivier Kamitatu's eviction from the MLC is actually a "non-event". Indeed, "it is common knowledge that [Olivier Kamitatu] has long been distancing himself [from the MLC], sensing that the [party] was heading for failure, given its authoritarian, undemocratic, political line – a line designed to fulfil the ambitions of one man. For him (Kamitatu), this line should be based, not on ambitions, but on a vision and democratic values," L'Observateur elaborates. According to L'Avenir, it is "Olivier Kamitatu's scathing assessment of the MLC's performance that infuriated Jean-Pierre Bemba." This, according to La Référence Plus, is "the bitter end of a long standing friendship [between Bemba and Kamitatu]."

The question remains of whether, having lost his post as MLC secretary-general and having been removed from the party, Olivier Kamitatu will continue to be president of the National Assembly, considering that this position belongs to the MLC, according the power-sharing agreement. "Olivier Kamitatu's appointment as president of the National Assembly having been justified by his being an MLC member, he automatically loose this position with his removal from the party," Le Phare muses. However, article 101 of the transitional constitution establishes that "the President of the National Assembly is appointed for the entire duration of the transition (...) and his mandate can only end in case of resignation, death, condemnation for high treason or embezzlement of public funds," Le Palmarès recalls. Therefore, the MLC's decision to remove Olivier Kamitatu from its ranks "will have no impact on [his] constitutional duties," Le Potentiel concludes. Striking a similar note, La Référence Plus' editorial says "Olivier Kamitatu is unremovable."

Regarding the forthcoming constitutional referendum, Le Potentiel, citing the head of the Independent Electoral Commission, announces that the vote will take place "on 18 and 19 December 2005 throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo." The announcement that the vote is to take place on those dates "allows for a safety margin in case of bad weather," Le Potentiel explains. One may wonder, however, if "wide popularisation of the draft constitution" has been achieved, Le Palmarès says. If not, it would then be a good idea to use "the rest of campaigning time to intensify the popularisation of this draft, in the four [national] languages," Le Palmarès suggests.