In the News: Mutondo released

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A large artery in Kinshasa, August 16, 2019 (Photo illustration). Getty Images

By: Kamanda Wa Kamanda

Publicity

" Kalev Mutondo arrested and released ! The title caused a sensation in the newspapers. This is the mishap of the former general administrator of the National Intelligence Agency who, on Wednesday 12 February, was picked up when he got off the plane at Ndjili international airport by his former collaborators who, according to the Le Phare newspaper, made him undergo a long interrogation before releasing him.

" Who would have thought it some time ago?" Wonders this daily which notes that Kalev Mutondo himself had to pilot this secret service for eight years. As should be expected, writes the newspaper, the motive for this arrest has not been revealed to the public. Because, concludes Le Phare , " everything remains stamped with the seal of secrecy at this level ".

For its part, Forum des As , another daily, talks about the mystery of the Kalev case. " Crazy day Wednesday February 12? Quiet day for the former boss of the ANR? Two contradictory questions , according to the newspaper which recognizes that it is difficult to elucidate them. The fact remains that this case or this non-business arises practically , continues Forum des As, two weeks after the reply from the ex-chief cop to the comments of the SG of the UDPS (the presidential party) who had accused Kalev Mutondo of spinning the president of the Republic in his travels. "

Another daily newspaper, Le Potentiel , which was interested in DRC-United States of America relations, offers in its columns " Les non-dit de la visite de Peter Phan ". For Le Potentiel , Washington asks " to rummage in the cupboards of Kabila ". And this newspaper notes that: " The pressure is intense and the dilemma obvious between a Tshisekedi who opposes snooping in the past from the management of his predecessor and the Trump administration which urges him to deliver the bad apples of the regime. Which side to choose, wonders Le Potentiel who sees during this time the people express their impatience to access, finally, the promised improvement in their daily lives.

Tshisekedi on an inspection tour to see the progress of the rehabilitation work on the homes of the University of Kinshasa and the Sauts-de-mouton. It is in the newspaper L'Avenir which reports The President of the Republic Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi abandoned his air-conditioned offices to palpate what is actually done on the ground.

" The sword of Damocles hangs on the heads of the hijackers , warns for its part the newspaper La Prospérité which announces the opening of legal action in connection with the construction of the Sauts-de-mouton whose" works were launched almost a year ago, ”recalls La Prospérité .

It would be useful, correct and honest almost a year later, to point out the real people responsible for this delay if we want to be fair before God and men, estimates for its part the bi-weekly Le Maximum. For this newspaper, we must put an end to hypocrisy and the strategy of looking for scapegoats elsewhere.

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