The death penalty required against former president Joseph Kabila for “war crimes”, “betrayal”, and “organization of an insurrectional movement”

The death penalty was required. Moreover, Friday, August 22, in death penalty required against former Kinshasa against the former President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Joseph Kabila, tried in absentia for complicity with the armed m23 armed group supported by Rwanda on Friday 22nd on Friday 22nda.

General Lucien René Likulia. For example, representative of the public prosecutor, called on the judges of the high military court to condemn “To the death penalty” Joseph Kabila for “War crimes”, ” treason “et “Organization of an insurrectional movement”as well as twenty years in prison to “Apology of war crimes” and fifteen years in prison for “Plot”.

A moratorium on the execution of the capital sentence has been in force since 2003 in the DRC. However, and was lifted in 2024. Meanwhile, No execution has however taken place since.

Joseph Kabila. who has lived abroad for more than two years, had appeared at the end of May in Goma, a death penalty required against former city under control of the M23 anti -government group, where he had led consultations with political representatives and civil society in sight, according to him, “Contribute to the return of peace” in the DRC. He has not been revised in the country since. and his trial opened on July 25 in Kinshasa in his absence, before the military jurisdiction.

Accused of being part of the political branch of the M23 – Death penalty required against former

The Congolese East. a region rich in Rwanda natural resources, has been torn apart by conflicts for thirty years. The violence has intensified in recent months with the takeover by the M23 death penalty required against former of Goma. Bukavu, capitals of North Kivu and South Kivu.

The public prosecutor said that the violence committed by the M23 antigan group in the East caused “Huge damages” to the DRC. “Bring criminal and individual responsibility” of the former president.

For the accusation. Joseph Kabila is one of the initiators of the Congo River Alliance (AFC), a political branch of the M23. It is in this context that it is accused in particular of cases of homicides. rapes committed by men of the AFC/M23 coalition in the provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu.

According to the public prosecutor. Joseph Kabila, “In intelligence with Rwanda”sought to perpetrate a coup against the regime of President Félix Tshisekedi, who succeeded him in 2019 after a disputed election. General Lucien René Likulia said that “The defendant planned to overthrow the constitutional regime in place by arms”with death penalty required against former the help notably of Corneille Nangaa. president of the independent national electoral commission, during the presidential election in December 2018, before rallying the M23 in 2023.

“It’s a political trial”

Joseph Kabila. 53, left the country at the end of 2023, according to his entourage, but still enjoys an important network of influence. Reputed to be silent. discreet, he was reappeared publicly at the end of 2024 after several years of silence, strongly denounced the management of the country by his successor Félix Tshisekedi.

In April, he announced in the press his imminent return in the DRC “By the eastern part”a large portion of which is under the control of the M23, supported by Rwanda and its army.

“It is a political trial. the regime seeks to hide its diplomatic and military failure”said on Friday at France-Presse Ferdinand Kambere, deputy secretary general of the People’s Party for reconstruction and democracy (PPRD), the party of Joseph Kabila, after the indictment. For Mr. Kambere, this conviction amounts to “Persecute an opponent, because the current conditions do not guarantee a fair trial”.

The Eastern provinces of North Kivu. South Kivu and Ituri, devastated by thirty years of conflicts, were formed civilian parts in this trial, claiming several thousand dollars in damages from Mr. Kabila.