A week following the arrest of President Félix Tshisekedi’s security adviser, speculation is rife around the reasons for his “fall”. And some might be rubbing their hands on it.
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Despite the call for “vigilance” once morest “speculation” Launched Tuesday at the microphone of national television (RTNC) by Tharcisse Kasongo Mwema, spokesperson for Félix Tshisekedi, the arrest of François Beya continues to fuel rumors and comments in Kinshasa.
A week following the arrest, on February 5, of the powerful security adviser to the Head of State, the information relating to the investigation opened once morest François Beya is divulged in dribs and drabs. The National Intelligence Agency (ANR) claims to have “serious clues” relating to alleged “actions once morest national security”, without knowing the content of the exact facts alleged once morest the one nicknamed “Fantomas “.
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Rumors and theories
Some claim that he was the victim of a clan war within the presidency. The arrest of this hitherto unavoidable securocrat also fuels rumors of a possible reshuffle in Felix Tshisekedi’s system. Which have continued to swell since the Congolese president’s tour of Kasai in early January, and the sidelining of Jean-Marc Kabund-a-Kabundnow persona non grata within the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), Tshisekedi’s party, of which he served as interim president.
Others believe that the fall of “Fantomas” is due to his proximity to former President Joseph Kabila, and give credence to the thesis of a plot to destabilize the presidency. Others, finally, do not hesitate to argue that the case is only a set-up intended to justify a possible postponement of future electoral deadlines.
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So many theories which are all the more flourishing as the absence of official information does not make it possible to decide. If the forfeiture of François Beya were to be confirmed, it would not fail to be greeted by some of the former caciques of the Kabila regime. Like Kalev Mutond, the former head of the ANR. The deposed spy master, prosecuted by seven complainants for torture, arbitrary arrests, death threats and attempted assassination, and targeted by an arrest warrant and a search notice, fled the country. In an open letter published in May 2019, he denounced the “traitors” who had chosen to work with the current head of state, a former close friend of Joseph Kabila.