Kambale Musavuli
Here is my contribution to the ongoing discussion on Congolese politics regarding the arrest of the DRC “Justice” Minister.
We are clear that Congolese people will continue to fight until justice is served. We are also clear that the current situation of power struggle is a direct result of the fraudulent 2018 elections which saw the current president Felix Tshilombo cut a secret deal with the Contribution to the ongoing discussion on Congolese politics.
We are clear that Congolese people will continue to fight until justice is served. We are also clear that the current situation of power struggle is a direct result of the fraudulent 2018 elections which saw the current president Felix Tshilombo cut a secret deal with the former president Joseph Kabila.
For a true change in DRC to happen, we expect to see the aspirations of the Congolese people reflected as they freely choose their leaders, for perpetrators of violence and corrupt leaders such as Kabila to be tried and put in prison and for the predatory system which has kept Congolese people in bondage by imposing neocolonial agents on them to be totally dismantled.
This can happen and starts with the creation of an independent international tribunal for Congo, a call made by Congolese Nobel Peace Prize Dr Mukwege as he urges the government to protect implement this policy emanating from the 2010 UN Mapping Exercise Report.
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Interview on implications of DRC Justice Minister’s Arrest – Aljazeera 28 June 2020
https://youtu.be/k3BBBNi-f94
On Saturday June 28, 2020, Justice Minister Celestin Tunda Ya Kasende was detained by Congolese security and released three hours later after questioning by Congolese court judges on the question of judicial reforms being reviewed by the government. Early Sunday June 20, DRC Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga threatened that his government will resign due to the arbitrary arrest of the justice minister and warned the Congolese president to follow due process and maintain the integrity of the country’s institutions
To brief us on the happenings in the DRC, Kambale Musavuli of the Center for Research on the Congo (CEREC) joins us from Accra to provide an analysis of the current political situation in the DRC and the quest for justice the Congolese people are still seeking in light of the call for an International Tribunal for the Congo, a recommendation of the UN Mapping Exercise Report.
