Advisors of Kabila and Tshisekedi are talking to each other about various arrangements for sharing leadership, on the assumption that Mobutu will depart, one way or another, diplomatically or by force. They also are discussing elections, which ideally would draw in other political factions and recreate faith in the country's officialdom.
These plans may be overly optimistic, given the shattered state of Zaire's economy and infrastructure, the almost inevitable power struggles that accompany a rebellion, the ethnic tensions in the vast country and the coterie of Mobutu loyalists who, having grown rich on power, are not going to give it up easily.
