Laurent Gbagbo continues his stay in Kinshasa. The former Ivorian president met on Tuesday, July 6, in Kinshasa with his former comrades and prisoners from the International Criminal Court (ICC). A total of six Congolese, including former warlords, were invited to this reunion.
as reported from Kinshasa, Patient Ligodi
Laurent Ggagbo, relaxed and all smiling, welcomed his guests in his suite at the luxurious Congo River Hotel in Kinshasa. Former warlord Germain Katanga, released after more than ten years by the ICC for complicity in crimes against humanity, Mathieu Ngudjolo, accused of the Bogori massacre in Ituri, was finally acquitted in December 2012, as were the other former Floribert prisoners Ndjabu, Pichou Iribi and Fidèle Babala. , all now for free.
For more than two hours, they pondered memories of the ICC Detention Center, in the Dutch prison Scheveningen. First came anecdotes, unforgettable moments, like piano lessons that the former president gave to some prisoners like Floribert Ndjabu. There were also memories from the Scrabble games that could draw in the afternoons, for his part remembers Thomas Lubanga,moved.
Next to Laurent Ggagbo’s companion, who was also present in the play, they remembered these long ICC proceedings, periods which they consider to be moments of injustice. A critical discussion ensued on the mechanics of international justice. Fidèle Babala, for example, emphasized the “political and humiliating” side of the ICC procedure. Then everyone expressed the desire to meet again very soon.
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