A few days before the deadline, neither Brussels nor Kinshasa can provide further information on the terms of this refund. In this context, some twenty personalities who are very involved in this issue, such as the historian Elikia M’Bokolo, the filmmaker Raoul Peck or even the researcher Ludo de Witte, have just published a column entitled “La Belgique va-t-elle se bli get rid of Lumumbas remains in silence and shame? “
All these doubts about the dates, as we see, show that it was not prepared in advance, but especially that – and we are worried about it – it wanted to be done a little on the list, so that there will not be too many waves. I do not think this is worth the commitments made by the King of Belgium on memorial work in his letter of 30 June, in which he acknowledged Belgium’s responsibility for the suffering suffered by the Congolese people. And this memorial work must also be done towards the diasporas and Afro-descendants here in Belgium. So it’s a bad start and that’s why we’re worried. We want an official public ceremony, with the family, but also with the Congolese authorities, where the remains are handed over and we want the Belgian state to be represented at the highest level. We also ask that there be a recognition of political responsibility for the assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba.
Kalvin Soiresse Njall, Belgian irritation and signed the petition
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