 The legal standing of the FARDC was laid down in the Transitional Constitution , articles 118 and 188 . This was then superseded by provisions in the 2006 Constitution , articles 187 to 192 . Law 04 / 023 of November 12 , 2004 establishes the General Organisation of Defence and the Armed Forces . In mid @-@ 2010 , the Congolese Parliament was debating a new defence law , provisionally designated Organic Law 130 . 
