Former Dr. Congo Joseph Kabila’s leader is discarded after immunity raised for treason fees

Joseph Kabila, former President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has turned to the government of his heir – calling him a “dictatorship.”

The 53-year-old made a 45-minute live speech on Friday night from an unspecified place the day after the Senate canceled his immunity from prosecution.

Congo authorities intend to blame the former president with betrayal and war crimesConnecting it to Rwanda -backed rebels M23, who took control of several cities to the east.

Kabila, in power between 2001 and 2019, said he had broken his silence because he believes that the country’s unity was at risk.

Analysts say any Kabil test could destabilize the country that has been fighting the M23 rebellion of 2012.

The government of President Felix Tshiziekeded did not respond to a speech in which Kabila also defines a 12-point plan, which said it could help to end the decades of uncertainty in the mineral-rich east of Dr. Congo.

Dressed in a naval suit with a Congoish flag badge, nailed to his lapel, Kabila stood before Lectern in what was called “address to the nation” – a broadcast, covered and a tail of the national anthem.

YouTube link shared by his speaker subsequently deleted, But recording is shared by many other accountsS

After an ally of Tshisekedi, Kabila fell with her heir and the coalition of their parties officially ended in 2020.

The former president has been living outside the country for two years – initially he left to pursue a PhD in South Africa.

During his speech, he hit the “arbitrary decisions” taken by the government last month after “rumors” that he was traveling to the eastern city of Goma.

This prompted the authorities To ban their People’s Party for Recovery and Democracy (PPRD) And order the seizure of his assets.

All this “testifies to the spectacular decline of democracy in our country,” Kabila said.

During his speech, he mentioned that he intended to go to Goma “in the coming days”, where he was not in danger of arrest, as the city was under the control of the rebels M23 since January.

Kabila also struck the president that he was trying to undermine the constitution in parliament, that he was unable to comply with the president and in the justice system to allow himself to “openly operated a political end”.

He was critical of government management for the economy, corruption and public debt, which he said “jumped” to more than $ 10 billion ($ 7.3 billion).

Kabila, a former general, also neglected the government of the security situation across the country, especially the use of pro -government militias as “auxiliary” to the armed forces.

“The National Army … was replaced by rental groups, armed groups, tribal militias and foreign armed forces, which not only demonstrated their restrictions but also immersed the country into indescribable chaos.”

He mentioned that one of these armed groups is the democratic forces to release Rwanda (FDLR), the Hutu Ethnic Militia, participating in the Rwanda genocide in 1994 and is still active in the Eastern Congo.

Rwanda sees the presence of FDLR rebels as an existential threat. Currently, the Rwandan troops are in Congo in support of the M23, which is led by ethnic Tuta, who say they have taken a weapon to defend the rights of the minority group.

Kabila called on the withdrawal of “all foreign troops” by the Congo and welcomed the recent decision of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to remove an army that was located to help the army fight M23.

After 18 years in power, Kabila maintained that the achievements he achieved were wasted.

“In a record time – six years – we are again on Square 1: that unsuccessful, divided, ignited state, on the edge of the implosion, and is highly ranked high in the list of the most corrupt and highly indebted poor sides,” he said.

The reaction of his address is mixed, with some pointing out the irony that many of his criticisms of the Tshisekedi administration reflect those equalized to his own government.

“Dictatorship must end democracy, as well as good economic and social governance, must be restored,” he said at the end of speech.

Kabila noted that the government “finally decided to sit around the same table” with the M23, but believes that other peace initiatives should be held across the country, supported by the Catholic Church.

C Congo and Rwanda, who deny the accusations that he supports the M23, can target a peaceful deal to end the fighting in which they have seen hundreds of thousands of civilians forced by their homes in recent months.

The two countries signed a preliminary agreement in Washington last month and said they had agreed on the way to peace.