The Senate rejects the request for the waiver of immunity
On Friday afternoon, 14 May, the Senate examined behind closed doors the request for the waiver of the immunity of former Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo and rejected it. The senators considered that the referral to the Advocate General to the Constitutional Court was troubled by irregularities. The former prime minister returned to the DRC last weekend to defend himself, he says. He is accused by…