DRC: towards the release of those sentenced for the assassination of Kabila-père
View of Makala prison in Kinshasa, DRC.
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The process for the release of prisoners pardoned by President Félix Tshisekedi on December 30, is due to begin this Friday.
Among these prisoners, we find those convicted of the assassination of former President Laurent Désiré Kabila.
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Chaired by the Deputy Minister of Justice, Bernard Takaish, the ceremony will be held at Makala prison.
A prison where
Colonel Eddy Kapend
and the 22 other people imprisoned for the assassination of Laurent-Désiré Kabila are held.
Gradually
Will the 23 be free later?
Contacted this Thursday, the vice-minister did not confirm that the releases will all be effective during the day.
He added that the releases would be done gradually.
Because these people convicted in the Kabila case are not the only ones who can be released this Friday.
The presidential pardon granted by Félix Tshisekedi concerns several dozen detainees and nothing says that those condemned in the Kabila-father file will be the first to cross the doors of the penitentiary.
Not on weekends
As the releases cannot be made on weekends, they could be made during the next week.
A week that will end with the anniversary of
the death of Laurent-Désiré Kabila
, it was almost 20 years ago, on January 16, 2001.
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