The former President of Dr Congo is back in the country, says the party

Former President of the Democratic Republic Congo Joseph Kabila has been returning to the country for the first time for two years after arriving in the Eastern city of Goma, state -owned rebel, as well as a youth leader from his party.

The arrival of Kabila comes after Senators deprived him of his immunity Over the alleged support for the Rwanda -backed M23 group, which is fighting the Congoan army.

Kabila, who previously refused ties with the rebels, recently Determine the justice system claiming to be “operated for political purposes”.

The 53-year-old has led Dr. Congo for 18 years after inheriting his father Laurent, who was shot dead in 2001.

He passed power to President Felix Tshisekedi in 2019, but later they fell.

Speaking to the BBC, Goma’s youth leader for the Kabila People’s Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) confirmed the larger M23 reports that Kabila had arrived in Goma.

“Kabila must be allowed full access to the country. It is as if a father has returned to his children,” said the innocent smell of BBC Swahili.

Last month, PPRD was banned by authorities in the capital Kinshasa, who accused of having a “ambiguous attitude” to the conquest of the Congoy territory of the M23.

In a message on xRebel spokesman Lawrence Kanuka welcomed Kabila in Goma, saying, “We wish him a pleasant stay in the liberated areas.”

A similar message was shared by another speaker, Willie Ngoma.

Congoan authorities accuse Kabila of war crimes and betrayal, claiming that there is a “essential set of documents, testimony and material facts” that connect the former leader to the M23.

In an already deleted video on YouTube, published on Friday, Kabila called the Government of the Congoan “Dictatorship” and said there was a “decline of democracy” in the country.

The spokesman for the Congo government, Patrick Muya, rejected Kabila’s claims, saying that “there is nothing to offer the country.”

The beating between the Congoan army and the M23 first erupted in 2012 and ended with a peace deal the next year. But in 2021, the group again undertook weapons, saying the promises assigned to the transaction had been violated.

Since the beginning of this year, the M23 has made great progress in the Minerals -rich East, including GOMA’s claim in January.

The conflict has led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of civilians in the last few months.

Kabila has lived outside the country, in South Africa, over the last two years. At the beginning of last month, he said he would return to help find a conflict solution.