However, when his father created the UDPS in the early 1980's, publicly opposing Mobutu, Félix was forced to accompany his dissident father into house arrest in his native village in central Kasaï.
När hans far skapade UDPS i början av 1980-talet och offentligt motsatte sig Mobutu, var Félix tvungen att följa med sin dissidentiske far i husarrest i sin hemby i centrala Kasaï.