Dieudonné Kaluba Dibwa was elected on Tuesday, April 20 by his comrades to replace Benoît Lwamba, who resigned in July 2020 for health reasons and left the transition to Évariste Funga.
as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda wa Kamanda Muzembe
55 years old, Dieudonné Kaluba Dibwa holds a doctorate in law and is a university teacher. Before joining the Constitutional Court last year, he was a lawyer at the Kinshasa Bar and served as a lawyer at the International Criminal Court.
Attorney General in the case “100 days program”
He was the author of several scientific publications on public and private law and was particularly noted during the trial of the so-called rescue program during the first 100 days of President Félix Tshisekedi’s mandate, highlighting the case of embezzlement of more than $ 50 million involving Vital Kamerhe. , former Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic and who was sentenced to 20 years in prison before appealing.
In accordance with the texts governing the Constitutional Court, Tuesday’s vote took place behind closed doors. And Dieudonné Kaluba Dibwa won the victory over her three other competitors. Among them Judge Évariste Funga as assumed the interim period for the President of the Constitutional Court since July 2020.
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