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A commission was set up to challenge its boss, Jules Alingete. According to that commission, he was wrong to say that people accused of mismanagement had sought refuge in Parliament in order to take advantage of Parliament’s immunity. Correspondence should be addressed to the President of the Republic to authorize the House of Lords to question the Inspector General.
as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda wa Kamanda Muzembe
The problem by the Financial Controller was raised in plenary earlier this week. Senator José Makila was outraged by his comments. According to him, Jules Alingete failed in his reserve duty by accusing certain people who are suspected of bad governance of having taken refuge in the Senate in order to enjoy parliamentary immunity.
“Something to think about”
“Government personnel other than ethics and professional conduct are entitled to reservations. But when a civil servant begins to humiliate, to treat everyone like a thief – you can only call someone a thief when there is a verdict, a verdict – there is something to think about “, says José Makila.
Accused of insulting the Senate, Jules Alingete explains: “We have a very deep respect for the institutions of the Republic and we respect all the honorable deputies, the honorable senators and even the members of the government. But we express a real difficulty that we have to advance certain files due to immunity. ”
Reform
The Financial Controller also recalls that at the beginning of the 2020-2021 legal year, the President of the Court of Cassation referred far to the problem of parliamentarians’ immunity and asked the government to reform its charter to facilitate legal proceedings …
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