AA / Kinshasa / Pascal Mulegwa
Political figures from power and the opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo opposed the dialogue being held in Nairobi between President Félix Tshisekedi and a dozen representatives of armed groups active in eastern Congo.
“It is inadmissible that we let Mr. Félix Tshisekedi deliver the country into the hands of instrumentalized armed groups”, declared the opponent Martin Fayulu, big loser of the 2018 presidential election won by Tshisekedi then leader of the opposition.
“The notorious incompetence of those who usurped the power of the people is weighing heavily on the future of our country,” added the opponent, also leader of the Lamuka opposition coalition to which Mr. Tshisekedi belonged before. voting.
Noël Tshiani, also a former presidential candidate, said on his Twitter account that dialogue with “rebel groups supported by neighboring countries and setting up a regional intervention force composed of countries supporting these rebel groups resembles capitulation and massacre. of our sovereignty.
MP Juvenal Munubo, a member of the National Assembly’s defense and security commission, declared that he did not encourage “direct meetings between leaders of the Region and armed groups which strongly resemble negotiations”.
For the deputy of the camp in power, “It would be to repeat the old methods of the past which did not lead to peace”.
The elected official is “a little reserved about the idea of a Regional Force or foreign interventions” because “We know that these countries have interests in the DRC”, he hammered on his Twitter account.
He believes that “the solution is to invest in the Armed Forces of the DRC: more means and motivation for soldiers”.
The Lamuka coalition, of which Martin Fayulu and former Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito remained Leaders, indicated that “witchcraft is when you refuse exchanges with the political class of your country but rush to dialogue with rebel groups and harmful forces without ever consulting the Assembly”.
During a summit on Thursday in Nairobi, the presidents, Tshisekedi of the DRC, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, Evariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi and Rwandan Paul Kagame represented by his Minister of Foreign Affairs decided on a ” consultative dialogue” between Tshisekedi and a dozen out of the hundred armed groups operating in the provinces of North Kivu, Ituri and South Kivu.
The summit called on all foreign armed groups in the DRC to lay down their arms and return “unconditionally and immediately to their respective countries of origin”.
One of the armed groups on the front line of negotiations is the M23 rebellion which has resumed hostilities since 2021 in the province of North Kivu, accusing the government of not respecting the agreements reached in 2013 in Kenya.
Tshisekedi holds a dialogue as the state of siege he has proclaimed for 11 months in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri is criticized for not having produced the expected results. Since May 6, 2021, the origins of North Kivu and Ituri have seen their civilian political and administrative authorities replaced by senior army and police officers.
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