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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Deputy Jean-Bosco Assamba, of the Sacred Coalition of the Pro-Tshisekedi Union, was arrested on Sunday, June 27, and charged with contempt by the President on the basis of statements made two months ago in Bunia, the capital. by Ituri.
as reported from Kinshasa, Pascal Mulegwa
This is the first time a politician has been concerned about military justice since the establishment of the siege state in North Kivu and Ituri provinces. He was transferred to Bunia’s Central Prison on Monday. His relatives condemn political repression.
The assistant was first arrested by the intelligence service because he wanted not to have honored a summons dated June 12 to the police. He was then taken to the military auditorium where he was confronted with comments in a video that went viral on social networks.
In it, Deputy President Félix Tshisekedi treats him as a “liar”, referring to his many broken promises in Ituri. “Everything revolved around this video,” says his lawyer Me Jean-Marie Ezadri. He was to be prosecuted for contempt by the head of state. We ask ourselves the question in relation to the periodicity of this video. Was the video made when the siege had already been explained? We say no, because it was during a civil society activity dating from April 23, when the siege was declared from May 6. Retroactivating the law decree on the siege to arrest the honorable in relation to his political opinion has not been convincing to us.
“Immediate and unconditional release …”
The procedure was short-lived to neutralize the provincial assemblies during this period of siege. Members temporarily lose their immunity. Lamuka’s Ituri spokesman Luc Malembe sees it as oppression: “We want to silence the people who criticize Tshisekedi, his chaotic rule, the siege that is slowly making an impact. And that is unacceptable, even his own party abandoned him and I demand his immediate and unconditional release. “
The RDPR party initiated disciplinary action against its cadres for two weeks. This political formation ensures that it is “neither near nor far affected” nor in solidarity with the words of the deputy.
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