News headlines in Kin: Kalev Mutundo case, former intelligence chief

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By: Kamanda Wa Kamanda

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The Kalev Mutundo affair, named after this former intelligence chief of the Kabila regime, continued to raise questions throughout the week.

" Who issued the red passport to Kalev Mutond? The question was asked on the front page of the Le Phare newspaper. It is about the diplomatic passport brandished on Wednesday, February 12, by the former administrator general of the ANR who returned from a trip abroad. For this daily, the controversy got worse after the publication in the media and on social networks of a mission order whose signature is attributed to the director of the Prime Minister's office. The document presents the former super cop as political advisor to the head of government ... " According to various sources, the newspaper continues, the President of the Republic would be cold with the Prime Minister because of this exit permit or allegedly such, issued to Kalev. "

Under the headline " The Prime Minister in the turmoil ", the daily Le Potentiel, for its part, writes " We would have liked the matter to be passed over in silence if it did not threaten national security and had no repercussions on the 'foreign. But far from being a news item, continues this newspaper, the arrest of the ex-boss of the ANR for misuse of a diplomatic passport is a matter of state . And Le Potentiel , too, wondered: " So, did the Prime Minister hire him out of ideological proximity or strategic calculation, without examining the profile of the character and the political-diplomatic context ?" The time has come for him to draw the necessary conclusions, ”concludes Le Potentiel. According to the newspaper, mistrust arises between President Tshisekedi and Prime Minister Ilunga.

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