Former President of D -K Congo in the process of treason and murder in Kinshasa

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

He also faces other charges, such as a murder related to his alleged support for the M23 rebels – who control much of the mineral -rich east of the country. He denies the allegations and has downloaded the hearing.

Kabila’s heir, President Felix Tshiseked, accused him of being a brain behind the rebels.

The former president dismissed the case as “arbitrary” and said the courts were used as a “oppression instrument”.

Deal to terminate between rebels and government It was agreed last weekBut the battles continue.

Kabila has been living outside the country for two years, but arrived in the city of Goma, in East Dr. Congo, from self-imposed exile in South Africa in May.

Indication to huge evidenceThe UN and several Western countries have accused the neighboring Rwanda in support of the M23 and sent thousands of its soldiers to the Congo. But Kigali denies the allegations, saying that he was acting to stop the conflict from not flowing into its territory.

In May, the upper house of the legislature raised the immunity of G -N -Kabila as a lifelong senator to allow his criminal accusation on charges, which included betrayal, murder, involvement in an insurgent movement and the violent occupation of Goma.

The 53-year-old led Dr. Congo for 18 years after inheriting his father Laurent, who was shot dead in 2001. Joseph Kabila was only 29 at the time.

He passed power to President Felix Tshisekedi after a 2019 challenged election, but later they fell.

In an already deleted video on YouTube, published in May, Kabila threw himself at the Congoan government, calling it a “dictatorship” and stated that there was a “decline in democracy” in the country.

At that time, a spokesman for the Congo government, Patrick Muya, rejected Kabila’s claims, saying that “there was nothing to offer to the country.”

Before the trial on Friday, Ferdinand Cambere, a close ally of Kabila, who served in his already forbidden PPP Party, accused the government of “double standards”. He said he was too soft in his peace deal, but too difficult for Kabila, adding that the process is a way to exclude Kabila from the country’s policy.

Additional reporting from Damian Zane and Cecilia Macalan