Former President Dr. Congo on Trial for Betrayal and Murder in Kinshas

The trial of the betrayal of former President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Cabila began in a military court in the Kinshas capital.

He also faces other allegations such as the murder related to his alleged support for the M23 rebels – who control a large part of the rich mineral to the east of the country. He denied the allegations and threw a hearing.

The Cabila’s successor, President Felix Tshasecki, accused him of brainstorming.

The former president rejected the case as “arbitrary” and stated that the courts were used as a “oppression tool”.

A transaction ceasefire between rebels and government was agreed upon last weekBut the struggle continued.

Kabila lived outside the country for two years, but arrived in a city located in the insurgent city of Homo, in the Eastern Dr. Congo, from an independent expulsion in South Africa in May.

Pointing to prevailing evidenceThe UN and several Western countries have accused neighboring Rwand of supporting M23 and sending thousands of their soldiers to Dr. Congo. But Kigali denies the allegations, saying that he acts to stop the conflict from transfusion into his territory.

In May, the upper house of the legislative body raised the immunity of Mr. Kabila as a senator for life, to allow his persecution on charges that include treason, murder, take part in the movement of the uprising and the violent occupation.

The 53-year-old headed Dr. Congo for 18 years after he moved to his father Laurent, who was shot dead in 2001. Joseph Kahli was only 29 years old at the time.

After the 2019 controversial elections, he handed over power to President Felis Tshaseedi, but later they fell.

In a remote video from YouTube, posted in May, Kabila attacked the Congolese government, calling it a “dictatorship” and stated that there was a “decline of democracy” in the country.

At that time, the press secretary of the Government of the Congolese Patrick Muya dismissed Kabila, saying that “nothing offers the country”.

On the eve of the trial on Friday, Ferdinand Camber is a close ally of Kabila, who served in his already terrible PPRD party, accused the government of “double standards”. He said it was too gently in his peaceful deal, but too harshly to Kabila, adding that the trial was a way to exclude Kabyla from the country’s policy.

Additional report Damian Zain and Cecilia Makauli